Thurston Pond Dam

Thurston Pond Dam is a dam in Town of Naugatuck, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. Thurston Pond Dam is situated nearby to the town Naugatuck, as well as near the village Beacon Falls.

Type: Dam
Description: dam in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America
Also known as: “New Dam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Naugatuck station and Salem School.

Naugatuck station

Railway station

Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Naugatuck station is a commuter rail station on the Waterbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad system located in Naugatuck, Connecticut. The station has one low-level side platform on the west side of the single track. Naugatuck station is situated 1 mile east of Thurston Pond Dam.

Salem School

School

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Salem School is a historic school building at 124 Meadow Street in Naugatuck, Connecticut. It is a 2-1/2 story brick Renaissance Revival structure, designed by McKim, Mead & White and built in 1893. Salem School is situated 3,400 feet east of Thurston Pond Dam.

Laurel Park Incorporated

Landfill

The Laurel Park, Inc. site, also known as Hunters Mountain Dump, or Murtha's Dump to locals, is a capped landfill that occupies approximately 20 acres of a 35-acre parcel of land in Naugatuck, Connecticut, United States. Laurel Park Incorporated is situated 4,100 feet south of Thurston Pond Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Naugatuck and Beacon Falls.

Naugatuck

Town

Photo: Bill Hass, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Naugatuck is a consolidated borough and town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town, part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, had a population of 31,519 as of the 2020 census.

Beacon Falls

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Beacon Falls is a town in western New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region and is approximately six miles from Waterbury. Beacon Falls is situated 3 miles south of Thurston Pond Dam.

Town Plot Hill

Hamlet

Town Plot is a neighborhood in the west end of the city of Waterbury, Connecticut. Town Plot Hill is situated 3½ miles north of Thurston Pond Dam.

Thurston Pond Dam

Location: Town of Naugatuck, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.48877° or 41° 29′ 20″ north

Longitude

-73.06913° or 73° 4′ 9″ west

Elevation

276 feet (84 metres)

Open location code

87H8FWQJ+G8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 889992967

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

GeoNames ID

4844221

Wikidata ID

Q31807367

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Cebuano: “Thurston Pond Dam”

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