Crowfoots Brook

Crowfoots Brook is a stream in Hampden, Massachusetts. Crowfoots Brook is situated nearby to the hamlet Sandy Hill, as well as near the neighborhood The Commons.

Places of Interest

Highlights include City Hall and Chicopee Public Library.

City Hall

Public building

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City Hall is a historic city hall in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Located in the heart of Chicopee at Market Square, the building is in the Italianate style, with a rose window and a 147-foot tower modeled on that of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy.

Chicopee Public Library

Library

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The Chicopee Public Library is the public library for the city of Chicopee, Massachusetts, and shares resources as a member of the Central and Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing library network.

Ames Manufacturing Company

Building

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Ames Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of swords, tools, and cutlery in Chicopee, Massachusetts, as well as an iron and bronze foundry. They were a significant provider of side arms, swords, light artillery, and heavy ordnance for the Union in the American Civil War.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chicopee and Springfield Street Historic District.

Chicopee

Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Chicopee is a city of 56,000 people on the Connecticut River in Hampden County, Massachusetts. Chicopee today goes by the nickname the "Crossroads of New England" as part of a business-development marketing campaign, one that West Springfield also uses.

Springfield Street Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Springfield Street Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district south of the downtown area of Chicopee, Massachusetts. It encompasses a significant number of Queen Anne style houses built in the second half of the 19th century by wealthy residents of Chicopee, as well as housing for skilled workers at the nearby textile mills.

Brightwood

Suburb

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The Brightwood neighborhood of Springfield, Massachusetts, is located in the northwest corner of the city, along the Connecticut River; however, it is separated from the rest of Springfield by the Interstate 91 elevated highway. Brightwood is situated 2½ miles south of Crowfoots Brook.

Crowfoots Brook

Type: Stream
Also known as: “Crows-Foot Brook”
Category: body of water
Location: Hampden, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.15426° or 42° 9′ 15″ north

Longitude

-72.61481° or 72° 36′ 53″ west

Elevation

52 feet (16 metres)

Open location code

87J9593P+P3

GeoNames ID

4934282

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Localities in the Area

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