Quincy, Massachusetts
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Quincy (pronounced /ˈkwɪnzi/) is a city in the United States state of Massachusetts. Quincy is the birthplace of former U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, as well as statesman John Hancock, fourth and longest serving President of the Continental Congress. Quincy is the site of Granite Railway, the first railroad in the United States and Fore River Shipyard, producer of early U.S. submarines and many ships commissioned by the United States Navy in the twentieth century.
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Historic interest
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John Adams birthplace
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John Quincy Adams birthplace
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Peacefield, also called Old House, residence of John and Abigail Adams and their descendants
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Hancock Cemetery
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United First Parish Church
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Adams Academy
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Thomas Crane Public Library
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First iron blast furnace in the United States
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Granite Railway
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Lyons Turning Mill used for granite production
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Fore River Shipyard
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USS Salem (CA-139)
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Geography
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Neighborhoods
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Quincy Bay
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Furnace Brook Parkway
State reservations
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Blue Hills Reservation
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Quincy Quarries Reservation
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Quincy Shore Reservation
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Squantum Point Park