Lake Whitney Dam

Lake Whitney Dam is a dam in Town of Hamden, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Lake Whitney Dam is situated nearby to Eli Whitney Museum, as well as near St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Eli Whitney Museum and Albertus Magnus College.

Eli Whitney Museum

Museum

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The Eli Whitney Museum, in Hamden, Connecticut, is an experimental learning workshop for students, teachers, and families. The museum's main building is located on a portion of the Eli Whitney Gun Factory site, a gun factory erected by Eli Whitney in 1798. Eli Whitney Museum is situated 420 feet southwest of Lake Whitney Dam.

Albertus Magnus College

College

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Albertus Magnus College is a private Catholic liberal arts college in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1925 by the Dominican Sisters of St. Albertus Magnus College is situated 3,800 feet southwest of Lake Whitney Dam.

St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church

Church

St. Thomas's Episcopal Church is a parish church of the Episcopal Church located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1848, the original English Gothic church was completed in 1855 on Elm Street, on the site of a temporary chapel the parish built in 1849. St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Lake Whitney Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prospect Hill Historic District and Whitney Avenue Historic District.

Prospect Hill Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Prospect Hill Historic District is an irregularly-shaped 185-acre historic district in New Haven, Connecticut. The district encompasses most of the residential portion of the Prospect Hill neighborhood.

Whitney Avenue Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Whitney Avenue Historic District is a historic district in the East Rock neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. It is a 203-acre district which included 1,084 contributing buildings when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Prospect Hill

Neighborhood

Prospect Hill is a neighborhood of the city of New Haven, Connecticut located in the north central portion of the city, directly north of Downtown New Haven.

Lake Whitney Dam

Type: Dam
Description: dam in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America
Location: Town of Hamden, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.33676° or 41° 20′ 12″ north

Longitude

-72.90982° or 72° 54′ 35″ west

Elevation

36 feet (11 metres)

Open location code

87H983PR+P3

GeoNames ID

4837486

Wikidata ID

Q31806411

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In Other Languages

“Lake Whitney Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Lake Whitney Dam”

Localities in the Area

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