. The New England gazetteer; containing descriptions of all the states, counties and towns in New England: also descriptions of the principal mountains, rivers, lakes, capes, bays, harbors, islands, and fashionable resorts within that territory. Alphabetically arranged . is the great thoroughfare for trav-ellers from the north, and the freightby horses and baggage wagons isimmense. The soil of this town is general-ly good, and the intervales veryproductive. Large masses of gran-ite suitable for the purposes of build-ing exist here, the most important ofwhich is The J\eio HampshireLedge, a name
. The New England gazetteer; containing descriptions of all the states, counties and towns in New England: also descriptions of the principal mountains, rivers, lakes, capes, bays, harbors, islands, and fashionable resorts within that territory. Alphabetically arranged . is the great thoroughfare for trav-ellers from the north, and the freightby horses and baggage wagons isimmense. The soil of this town is general-ly good, and the intervales veryproductive. Large masses of gran-ite suitable for the purposes of build-ing exist here, the most important ofwhich is The J\eio HampshireLedge, a name by which in an act ofincorpoiation an immense mass ofgranite in the part of the townhas been designated. This ledge issituated about 1 1-2 miles N. W. ofthe state house, and about 200 rodsdistant from Merrimack rivei-,whichis navigable to this place with course of the ledge is from to S. W. and its rise about 45°from a plane of the hoiizon, and itsheight about 350 feet. It presentsa surface of massive primitivegranite, of more than 4,500 squarerods. The rift of this stone is veryperfect, smooth and legular; splitsare easily made to the depth of 12to 20 feet, and of almost any re-quired length. And unlike muchof the buildins: stone now in the. NEW ENCLAND GAZETTEER. market, it has been ascertained bya recent examination (made by H. Hayes, of Roxbury, Mass.,and other eminent chemists andgeolos;ists,) that the stone Crom thisquarry is perfectly free from thoseoxides, or other mineral substances,which on exposure to the atmos-phere, mar the beauty of much ofthe New England granite. Thisstone quarries easily ; the great ele-vation and dip of the ledge, and itsproxin)ity to the river, giving it facil-ities of working and transportation,it is believed unequalled. From thebase of the ledge to the bank of theMerrima(;k, a rail-way is contem- jplated, the proprietors of the ledge |having already obtained a charter [for that purpose. As the great fa- |cility of
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