Smelt Brook Dam

Smelt Brook Dam is a dam in City of Braintree Town, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Smelt Brook Dam is situated nearby to Pond Meadow Park, as well as near the locality Braintree Split.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pond Meadow Park and Weymouth Landing/East Braintree station.

Pond Meadow Park

Park

Pond Meadow Park is a 320 acres multi use park located between the towns of Braintree and Weymouth in Massachusetts. It has a 20 acres pond and dam that provide floodplain protection to the nearby Weymouth Landing Area. Pond Meadow Park is situated 400 feet west of Smelt Brook Dam.

Weymouth Landing/East Braintree station

Railway station

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Weymouth Landing/East Braintree station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station on the border of Braintree and Weymouth, Massachusetts. It serves the Greenbush Line. Weymouth Landing/East Braintree station is situated 1 mile north of Smelt Brook Dam.

Thayer Public Library

Library

Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.

The Thayer Public Library is a public library located in the town of Braintree, Massachusetts with 102,000 books, 200 periodical subscriptions, and 8,000 videos, DVDs, music CDs, and audiobooks. The library is a member of the Old Colony Library Network. Thayer Public Library is situated 1½ miles west of Smelt Brook Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Braintree and Weymouth.

Braintree

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Braintree is a town of 37,000 people on the South Shore in Southeastern Massachusetts. It is located along several major thoroughfares, making it convenient to Boston.

Weymouth

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Weymouth is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is one of 13 municipalities in the state to have city forms of government while retaining "town of" in their official names.

Braintree Split

Locality

The Braintree Split is the major interchange of Interstate 93, U.S. Route 1, and Route 3 in Braintree, Massachusetts, one of the South Shore suburbs of Boston. Braintree Split is situated 2½ miles northwest of Smelt Brook Dam.

Smelt Brook Dam

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Location: City of Braintree Town, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.208° or 42° 12′ 29″ north

Longitude

-70.97552° or 70° 58′ 32″ west

Elevation

89 feet (27 metres)

Open location code

87JF625F+6Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 46974927

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

GeoNames ID

4951108

Wikidata ID

Q48999508

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In Other Languages

“Smelt Brook Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Smelt Brook Dam”

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