Lee River

The Lees River or Lee's River, shown on federal maps as the Lee River, is a 2.9-mile-long tidal river that forms part of the boundary between Swansea and Somerset, Massachusetts.

Type: Bay
Description: tidal river in Massachusetts, United States
Also known as: “Lees River”
Address: MA

Places of Interest

Highlights include USS Massachusetts and USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr..

USS Massachusetts

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USS Massachusetts, hull number BB-59, is the third of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s. The first American battleships designed after the Washington treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s…

USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.

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USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. is a former United States Navy Gearing-class destroyer. The ship was named after Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., a naval aviator, son of the former U.S.

Brayton Point Power Station

Photo: Z22, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Brayton Point Power Station was a coal-fired power plant located in Somerset, Massachusetts. It was the largest coal-fired generating station in New England, and was the last coal-fired power station in Massachusetts to provide power to the regional grid.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Swansea and Ocean Grove.

South Swansea

Hamlet

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

South Swansea is a hamlet.

Ocean Grove

Hamlet

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Ocean Grove is a census-designated place in the town of Swansea in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, on the north shore of Mount Hope Bay near the Cole River. The population was 2,811 at the 2010 census, and 2,904 as of the 2020 census.