Broad Canal
Broad Canal is a short canal in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, previously larger and part of the now-vanished canal system that made Cambridge an active seaport.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kendall Cogeneration Station and Massachusetts General Hospital.
Kendall Cogeneration Station
Power station
Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kendall facility is an energy facility owned by Vicinity Energy that produces steam and electricity to the cities of Boston and Cambridge. Owned by GenOn Energy in 2012, in 2013 Veolia Energy North America purchased the plant from NRG Energy.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Massachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the original and largest clinical education and research facility of Harvard Medical School/Harvard University, and houses the world's largest hospital-based research program with an annual research budget of more than $1.2 billion in 2021.
TD Garden
Stadium
Photo: Nywalton, Public domain.
TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located directly above the MBTA's North Station, and it replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening in 1995.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kendall Square and East Cambridge.
Kendall Square
Locality
Kendall Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The square itself is located at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway.
East Cambridge
Suburb
Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Cambridge is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. East Cambridge is bounded by the Charles River and the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston on the east, the Somerville border on the north, Broadway and Main Street on the south, and the railroad tracks on the west.
Beacon Hill
Suburb
Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.
Broad Canal
- Type: Canal
- Description: canal in Massachusetts, United States of America
- Category: body of water
- Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Broad Canal” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Broad Canal (kanal sa Estados Unidos, Massachusetts)”
- Cebuano: “Broad Canal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورد كانال”
- French: “canal large”
- French: “Canal large”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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