. Dedication of the boulder commemorating the service of the Twenty-third Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War, 1861-1865, at Salem, Massachusetts, September 28, 1905 . ch timber like a pipestem. A road-way of heavy timbers was laid and afterseveral ineffectual attempts the stone was safely landed onsolid ground. The moving, then, was comparatively easy. For the success of this undertaking much credit belongsto Mr. William G. Edwards of Salem, and we are indebt-ed to his energy, perseverance and skill for the safe arrivalof the boulder at its present resting place. The
. Dedication of the boulder commemorating the service of the Twenty-third Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War, 1861-1865, at Salem, Massachusetts, September 28, 1905 . ch timber like a pipestem. A road-way of heavy timbers was laid and afterseveral ineffectual attempts the stone was safely landed onsolid ground. The moving, then, was comparatively easy. For the success of this undertaking much credit belongsto Mr. William G. Edwards of Salem, and we are indebt-ed to his energy, perseverance and skill for the safe arrivalof the boulder at its present resting place. The distancemoved was one and one-half miles. The boulder contains Hornblende, Gabbro, Syenite,Pulaskite and Essexite, the last, named by Professor JohnH. Sears of the Salem museum. No rocks of this composi-tion can be found elsewhere in New England. It no doubthad its origin on Salem Neck, being a part of the ledgefrom which it was moved. It is eleven feet high andabout fifteen feet long, with an average depth of four feet,and by measurement weighs fifty-eight tons. Rarely ifever has a boulder of such size been moved by mechanicalmeans. The handsome bronze tablet (four by two and one-half. COMRADE THOMAS SWASEYQuarter-master
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