Shipyard Point
Shipyard Point is a cape in Norfolk, Massachusetts. Shipyard Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Quincy Neck, as well as near Germantown.Places of Interest
Highlights include United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum and Fore River Club House.
United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum
Museum
Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.
The United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum is a private non-profit museum in Quincy, Massachusetts featuring USS Salem, a heavy cruiser docked at the former Fore River Shipyard where she was laid down in 1945.
Fore River Club House
Public building
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fore River Club House is a historic club house at Follett and Beechwood Streets in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is a long 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with rectilinear eyebrow dormers on the water-facing roof.
Fore River Generating Station
Power station
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The Fore River Generating Station is a power plant operated by Calpine Corporation since 2014 alongside Weymouth Fore River in Weymouth, Massachusetts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Germantown and Adams Shore.
Germantown
Hamlet
Germantown is a primarily residential neighborhood in the city of Quincy, Massachusetts. The neighborhood is located on a peninsula surrounded by Town River bay on the west and Rock Island Cove on the east.
Adams Shore
Hamlet
Adams Shore is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is located on the shore of Quincy Bay at the entrance to the Hough's Neck peninsula. It is bordered on the north by Quincy Bay, on the east by the Hough's Neck neighborhood, on the south by Town River Bay and on the west by the Merrymount neighborhood.
Quincy
Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.
Quincy is in Massachusetts. Quincy was the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. United States Declaration of Independence signer and first Massachusetts governor John Hancock was also born here.
Shipyard Point
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.24788° or 42° 14′ 52″ northLongitude
-70.96783° or 70° 58′ 4″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87JF62XJ+5VGeoNames ID
4950846
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