Quincy: The Shipbuilding City & USS Salem

A drive through Quincy's industrial spine, from the shipyard that built Cold War warships to the granite quarries and railway that supplied 19th-century America

Water, brick and labour built Quincy. All three are still visible if you know where to look. Five stops over 11.6 miles, about 45 minutes of driving. The story for each stop plays as you arrive, so nothing has to be looked up and nobody has to be followed.

Quincy has five MassRoam tours and no two cover the same ground. It works as well at eight in the morning as it does at dusk. Stop for coffee, pick it back up.