Raccoon Swamp

Raccoon Swamp is in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Raccoon Swamp is situated nearby to the hamlet The Springs, as well as near the village Sagamore.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sandwich Glass Museum and Canal Generating Plant.

Sandwich Glass Museum

Museum

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Sandwich Glass Museum is a town history museum in Sandwich, Massachusetts, featuring a wide range of rare glass, including Victorian era glass manufactured by the now defunct local Boston & Sandwich Glass Factory, founded in Sandwich by Deming Jarves in 1825.

Canal Generating Plant

Power station

The Canal Generating Plant is a petroleum and natural gas electrical power station in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Canal 1, a baseload unit, began operation in 1968 and was for many years the most efficient oil burning plant in the US.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sandwich and Sagamore.

Sandwich

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Sandwich is on Cape Cod in Massachusetts at the east end of the Cape Cod Canal, and includes the villages of East Sandwich and Forestdale. It is the oldest town on the Cape, settled in 1637.

Sagamore

Village

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Sandwich is on Cape Cod in Massachusetts at the east end of the Cape Cod Canal, and includes the villages of East Sandwich and Forestdale. It is the oldest town on the Cape, settled in 1637.