Rockland Street Substation

Rockland Street Substation is an electrical substation in Plymouth, Massachusetts which is located on Rockland Street. Rockland Street Substation is situated nearby to the nature reserve Sydney’s Pond Conservation Restriction, as well as near Sydney’s Pond Conservation Area.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nantasket Junction station and Paragon Park Carousel.

Nantasket Junction station

Railway station

Photo: Pottewa, Public domain.

Nantasket Junction station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Hingham, Massachusetts. It serves the Greenbush Line. It is located off Chief Justice Cushing Highway east of downtown Hingham. Nantasket Junction station is situated 3,100 feet southwest of Rockland Street Substation.

Paragon Park Carousel

Carousel

Photo: Marcbela, CC0.

The Paragon Park Carousel is a historic carousel at 1 Wharf Avenue in Hull, Massachusetts. Built in 1928 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, it is one of the state's only surviving four-wide carousels, and is the only surviving element of the Paragon Park amusement park. Paragon Park Carousel is situated 1¼ miles north of Rockland Street Substation.

Button Island

Islet

Button Island is a small island in the Hingham Bay area of Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park. The island has a permanent size of under 1 acre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hingham and Cohasset.

Hingham

Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.

Hingham is a coastal town in the South Shore region of Massachusetts about 15 miles south of Boston.

Cohasset

Photo: Wwoods, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cohasset is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The town, which split off from Hingham in 1770, derives its name from the Massachusett word "Conahasset". It is an exclave of Norfolk County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,381.

Hull

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Hull is a town in Massachusetts in the South Shore region. The town is a series of islands connected by sandbars and causeways that comprise the Nantasket peninsula. The beaches are among the best in New England with fine gray sands.

Rockland Street Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Address: 130 Rockland Street, Hingham, MA 02043
Category: industry
Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.25178° or 42° 15′ 6″ north

Longitude

-70.86138° or 70° 51′ 41″ west

Operator

National Grid plc

Open location code

87JF742Q+PC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 569741999

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sydney’s Pond Conservation Restriction and Sydney’s Pond.

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