Fore River Generating Station

The Fore River Generating Station is a power plant operated by Calpine Corporation since 2014 alongside Weymouth Fore River in .
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  • 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 Bridge.

Museum
Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.
The is a private non-profit museum in featuring USS Salem, a heavy cruiser docked at the former Fore River Shipyard where she was laid down in 1945. is situated 1,900 feet west of Fore River Generating Station.

Bridge
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The spans the Weymouth Fore River between and . The total length of the bridge including the approaches is 2,216 feet. is situated 1,400 feet northwest of Fore River Generating Station.

Public building
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a historic club house at Follett and Beechwood Streets in . It is a long 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with rectilinear eyebrow dormers on the water-facing roof. is situated 1 mile northwest of Fore River Generating Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Germantown and Adams Shore.

Hamlet
is a primarily residential neighborhood in the city of . The neighborhood is located on a peninsula surrounded by Town River bay on the west and Rock Island Cove on the east.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood of . It is located on the shore of 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 neighborhood. is situated 2 miles northwest of Fore River Generating Station.

Photo: Marcbela, CC0.
is a city in , 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

Latitude
42.24127° or 42° 14′ 29″ north
Longitude
-70.96465° or 70° 57′ 53″ west
Inception
August 2003
Operator
Calpine
Open location code
87JF62RP+G4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 195816938
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Wiki­data 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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