Potter Substation

Potter Substation is an electrical substation in City of Braintree Town, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Potter Substation is situated nearby to the power station Thomas A. Watson Generating Plant, as well as near the peak Wyman Hill.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum and Fore River Generating Station.

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 3,200 feet north of Potter Substation.

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 2,800 feet north of Potter Substation.

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 1 mile south of Potter Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Germantown and Weymouth.

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 1½ miles north of Potter Substation.

Weymouth

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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.

Braintree

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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.

Potter Substation

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

42.23397° or 42° 14′ 2″ north

Longitude

-70.96765° or 70° 58′ 4″ west

Operator

Braintree Electric Light Department

Open location code

87JF62MJ+HW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 382290107

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