Guard Locks

Guard Locks is a dam in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Guard Locks is situated nearby to Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church, as well as near St. Patrick’s Church.

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Type: Dam
Description: Lock and floodgate in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Also known as: “Francis Gate”, “Great Gate”, and “Guard Locks Dam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Whistler House Museum of Art and Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church.

Whistler House Museum of Art

Museum

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The Whistler House Museum of Art is the birthplace of painter and etcher James McNeill Whistler. It is located at 243 Worthen Street, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA, and is open as a museum displaying works from the museum collection and shows by artist members. Whistler House Museum of Art is situated 3,700 feet east of Guard Locks.

Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church

Church

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Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church is situated 2,500 feet northeast of Guard Locks.

St. Patrick’s Church

Church

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St. Patrick's Church is a historic Roman Catholic church at 284 Suffolk Street in Lowell, Massachusetts. Built in 1853 for a predominantly Irish congregation founded in 1831. St. Patrick’s Church is situated 2,900 feet east of Guard Locks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include City Hall Historic District and South Common Historic District.

City Hall Historic District

Neighborhood

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The City Hall Historic District is a historic district in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States, bound roughly by Broadway, Colburn, and Kirk streets. The centerpiece of the district is the Richardsonian Romanesque City Hall, built in 1893 to a design by Merrill & Cutler, with its 180-foot clock tower.

South Common Historic District

Neighborhood

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The South Common Historic District of Lowell, Massachusetts, encompasses the city's South Common and the various public, religious, and private residential buildings that flank its borders.

Dracut

Town

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Dracut DRAY-kət is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census, the town's population was 32,617, making it the second most populous town in Massachusetts with an open town meeting system of governance. Dracut is situated 2 miles northeast of Guard Locks.

Guard Locks

Category: lock
Location: Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.64335° or 42° 38′ 36″ north

Longitude

-71.32897° or 71° 19′ 44″ west

Elevation

89 feet (27 metres)

Open location code

87JCJMVC+8C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 98645632

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

GeoNames ID

4938510

Wikidata ID

Q48988271

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In Other Languages

“Guard Locks” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Guard Locks”

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