Quincy (Massachusetts)

Norfolk County

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Quincy [ kwɪnzi ] is a city in New England, Massachusetts (since 1888) and is located in the Quincybucht 10 km southeast of Boston on the east coast of the United States of America. The place is called City of the Presidents because two U.S. Presidents John Adams (1735-1826), 1797-1801 the second President of the United States and his son, John Quincy Adams ( 1767-1848 ), 1825-1829 the sixth U.S. president come from Quincy. From the family other important politicians, diplomats, military officers, business leaders and scientists emerged. The costs associated with the lives of the Adams family buildings are reported in the Adams National Historical Park as a memorial.

Geography

Quincy is located in the Northeastern United States along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean with the Massachusetts Bay, whose dissection allowed the expansion of natural port facilities. It is bordered to the north by Boston, separated at Milton in the west, by the Neponset River, at Randolph on the south and Hull ( on the Nantasket Peninsula, separated by the Hinghambucht ), Weymouth and Braintree in the east.

History

The town was founded in 1625 before Boston and named after Colonel John Quincy, the grandfather of the 2nd President John Adams. Later the church was added to the neighboring Braintree and until 1792 its own. 1888 Quincy received the city status with in the six New England states, a particularly extensive autonomy is connected.

The city was known for its stone mining and its shipbuilding. The Granite Railway was the first commercial railway line in the United States and was born in 1826. She was only a few miles long and carried granite from the quarry in Quincy on the banks of the Neponset River in Milton, where he was transferred for further transport to ships. 1963, the last quarry was shut down.

A further element of the city was the sailing ship in the 19th and early 20th century. The southeast of the city lying area by the river Weymouth Fore River in 1880 was a center of shipbuilding. The " Fore River Ship and Engine Building Company ", founded by Thomas A. Watson in 1884 in Braintree, moved in 1901 to Quincy and built many commercial and naval ships, such as the only seven -masted schooner " Thomas W. Lawson ," one of the largest sailing ships in the world merchant fleet, the aircraft carrier "USS Lexington ( CV-2 ) ," the battleships "USS Massachusetts ( BB -59 )" and " USS Nevada ( BB -36 )" and the "USS Salem ( CA -139 ) ," Heavy Cruiser and the world last pure canon stocked warship. There is a museum ship of the U.S. Navy Shipbuilding Museum ( "United States Naval Ship Building Museum " ) at the pier. The yard was taken over by " Bethlehem Steel" in 1913 and closed its doors after a hundred years of history in 1986.

Climate

The summer months of July and August can be in Quincy hot with high humidity. The average temperature in July is 28 ° C. During the winter months of November to February, the weather is often wet and cold with snowfall. The average temperature in January is -6 ° C.

Attractions

A special facility in Quincy is the aforementioned U.S. Navy Shipbuilding Museum ( "United States Naval Ship Building Museum "). There you can next to the "USS Salem ( CA -139 ) ", consider the only remaining heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, Marine interesting historical exhibits. Other notable buildings are the crypt of two presidents ( United First Parish Church) and the houses of the Adams family in the Adams National Historical Park. A number of attractions in Quincy was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Seashore Quincy Shore Reservation and the Quincy Quarries Reservation are popular destinations.

Personalities

  • Brooks Adams, historian
  • Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams
  • John Adams, first vice president and second president of the United States
  • John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States
  • Charles Francis Adams III, U.S. Secretary of the Navy
  • Carl Andre, Sculptor
  • John Cheever, writer
  • Dick Dale, musician and pioneer of surf rock
  • Ruth Gordon, actress
  • Donald W. MacArdle, musicologist
  • Josiah Quincy II, political leaders of the American Revolution
  • William Rand, map publisher
  • Lee Remick, actress
  • William Rosenberg, founder of Dunkin 'Donuts chain
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