Ball Island

Ball Island is an islet in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Ball Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Barnesville, as well as near the neighborhood Mill River.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include English Station and Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

English Station

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English Station is a decommissioned power station on Ball Island in the Mill River in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Built for the United Illuminating Company, it began operation in 1929 and supplied electricity to the New Haven area until it was shut down in 1991–1992.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Library

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The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is the rare book library and literary archive of Yale University Library in New Haven, Connecticut. It is one of the largest buildings in the world dedicated to rare books and manuscripts and is one of the largest collections of such texts.

29th Colored Regiment Monument

Memorial

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The 29th Colored Regiment Monument is a monument located in Criscuolo Park in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. The monument commemorates the soldiers of the 29th Connecticut Infantry Regiment and is located on the grounds of where more than 900 black recruits trained in 1863.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mill River and River Street Historic District.

Mill River

Neighborhood

Mill River is a primarily industrial neighborhood in the city of New Haven, Connecticut located between the Wooster Square and Fair Haven neighborhoods.

River Street Historic District

Neighborhood

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The River Street Historic District encompasses a historic industrial area in the Fair Haven section of New Haven, Connecticut. Located south of Chapel Street between James Street and Blatchley Avenue, the industrial buildings here date to New Haven's growth as a major industrial center between the American Civil War and World War I, with significant emphasis on metalworking businesses.

Wooster Square Historic District

Neighborhood

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Wooster Square is a neighborhood in the city of New Haven, Connecticut, to the east of downtown. The name refers to a park square located between Greene Street, Wooster Place, Chapel Street and Academy Street in the center of the neighborhood.

Ball Island

Type: Islet
Description: island in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Categories: island, locality, and landform
Location: South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.30789° or 41° 18′ 28″ north

Longitude

-72.90696° or 72° 54′ 25″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87H9835V+56

OpenStreetMap ID

way 35676005

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

5281845

Wikidata ID

Q31825185

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In Other Languages

“Ball Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Ball Island”

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