Quincy Fire Department Station 8

Quincy Fire Department Station 8 is a building in City of Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Quincy Fire Department Station 8 is situated nearby to the hamlet Germantown, as well as near Raccoon Island.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum and Raccoon Island.

United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum

Museum

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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. United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum is situated 1 mile southwest of Quincy Fire Department Station 8.

Raccoon Island

Island

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Raccoon Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, situated just offshore of Hough's Neck in the city of Quincy.

Fore River Bridge

Bridge

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The Fore River Bridge spans the Weymouth Fore River between Quincy and Weymouth, Massachusetts. The total length of the bridge including the approaches is 2,216 feet. Fore River Bridge is situated 3,700 feet southwest of Quincy Fire Department Station 8.

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

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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.

Quincy Fire Department Station 8

Type: Building
Location: City of Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.25327° or 42° 15′ 12″ north

Longitude

-70.96048° or 70° 57′ 38″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

87JF723Q+8R

GeoNames ID

8102137

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