Swift’s Beach Tap

Swift’s Beach Tap is an electrical substation in Norfolk, Massachusetts. Swift’s Beach Tap is situated nearby to Smith Beach, as well as near the pitch Sheridan Field.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Weymouth Landing/East Braintree station and United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum.

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 3,000 feet southwest of Swift’s Beach Tap.

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 mile northwest of Swift’s Beach Tap.

Fore River Generating Station

Power station

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The Fore River Generating Station is a power plant operated by Calpine Corporation since 2014 alongside Weymouth Fore River in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Fore River Generating Station is situated 1 mile north of Swift’s Beach Tap.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Weymouth and Germantown.

Weymouth

Photo: Marcbela, CC0.

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.

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. Germantown is situated 2 miles north of Swift’s Beach Tap.

Braintree

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Braintree is a town of 37,000 people on the South Shore in Southeastern Massachusetts. It is located along several major thoroughfares, making it convenient to Boston.

Swift’s Beach Tap

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.2287° or 42° 13′ 43″ north

Longitude

-70.96262° or 70° 57′ 45″ west

Operator

Town of Braintree Light Department

Open location code

87JF62HP+FX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 382290105

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Smith Beach and Sheridan Field.

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