Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel

Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel is an university building in City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts which is located on Vassar Street. Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel is situated nearby to Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum, as well as near the place of worship Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chapel.

Type: University building
Also known as: “17 Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel” and “MIT Building 17”
Address: 76 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chapel.

Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum

Museum

The Hart Nautical Gallery is a gallery in the MIT Museum at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The collections include construction drawings of the Doris sailing yacht, designer William Hand’s surviving drawings, and material relating to shipbuilder Jacob Aaron Westervelt. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum is situated 610 feet south of Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chapel

Place of worship

Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The MIT Chapel is a non-denominational chapel designed by noted architect Eero Saarinen. It is located on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, next to Kresge Auditorium and the Kresge Oval, both of which Saarinen also designed. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chapel is situated 700 feet south of Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel.

Killian Court

Square

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Killian Court is part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Killian Court is situated 760 feet southeast of Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kendall Square and Central Square.

Kendall Square

Locality

Photo: Daderot, CC0.

Kendall Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The square itself is located at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway.

Central Square

Neighborhood

Photo: Eric Kilby, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Central Square is an area in Cambridge, Massachusetts centered on the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Prospect Street and Western Avenue. Lafayette Square, formed by the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Columbia Street, Sidney Street and Main Street…

Cambridge

Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0.

Cambridge is a city in Massachusetts, across the Charles River from Boston. It is renowned as the home of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both widely considered to be among the best universities in the world.

Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel

Categories: building and education
Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.3602° or 42° 21′ 37″ north

Longitude

-71.09355° or 71° 5′ 37″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Levels

Open location code

87JC9W64+3H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1249521123

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

GeoNames ID

4956350

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