Fore River Generating Station
The Fore River Generating Station is a power plant operated by Calpine Corporation since 2014 alongside Weymouth Fore River in Weymouth, Massachusetts.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Power station
- Description: power plant
- Also known as: “Fore River Energy Center”
- Address: 9 Bridge Street
Places of Interest Nearby
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. United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum is situated 1,900 feet west of Fore River Generating Station.
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 Club House is situated 1 mile northwest of Fore River Generating Station.
Weymouth Landing/East Braintree station
Railway station
Photo: Pottewa, Public domain.
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 1½ miles south of Fore River Generating Station.
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. Adams Shore is situated 2 miles northwest of Fore River Generating Station.
Weymouth
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.
Fore River Generating Station
- Categories: natural gas-fired power station, combined cycle power station, and industry
- Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.24127° or 42° 14′ 29″ northLongitude
-70.96465° or 70° 57′ 53″ westInception
August 2003Operator
CalpineOpen location code
87JF62RP+G4OpenStreetMap ID
way 195816938OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q11969552
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Norwegian Bokmål—“Fore River Generating Station” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fore River kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Fore River kraftverk”
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