[1] The former quarries produced granite for over a century, leaving problematic excavations that ultimately were taken over and filled in to protect public safety.

[2] In 1825, after an exhaustive search throughout New England, Solomon Willard selected the Quincy site as the source of stone for the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown.

[5] Boston Rocks, a guidebook by Larry LaForge, was published by the MIT Outing Club in 1987; a second edition by Richard Doucette and Susan Ruff came out in 2003 with a copyright update in 2008.

A solution to the public safety problem was finally found with the massive Big Dig highway project in Boston.

[10] Geeks & Greeks (2016), a graphic novel about pranks at MIT and fraternity hazing, features a climactic sequence set at the Quincy Quarries in their water-filled days.