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Fore River Shipyard was a shipyard owned by General Dynamics Corporation located on Weymouth Fore River in Braintree and Quincy, Massachusetts. It began operations in 1883 in Braintree, and moved to its final location on Quincy Point in 1901. In 1913, it was purchased by Bethlehem Steel, and later transferred to Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation.
United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum. / 42.244035; -70.969888. The United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum is a private non-profit museum in Quincy, Massachusetts featuring USS Salem (CA-139), a heavy cruiser docked at the former Fore River Shipyard where she was laid down in 1945. The museum was established in 1993, in response to efforts ...
Fore River Shipyard built 19 of the 31 "Holland type" United States S-class submarines. ARA Rivadavia. USS S-1 (1918) USS S-18 (1918) 8 World War II Pacific patrols; USS S-19 (1920) USS S-20 (1920) USS S-21 (1920) USS S-22 (1920) USS S-23 (1920) 7 World War II Pacific patrols
Fore River (Massachusetts) Coordinates: 42°14′12″N 70°57′36″W. Map of the Weymouth watershed. Weymouth Fore River is a small bay or estuary in eastern Massachusetts and is part of the Massachusetts Bay watershed . The headwater of Weymouth Fore River is formed by the confluence of the Monatiquot River and Smelt Brook in the Weymouth ...
History. An important facility at the Fore River Shipyard was the Goliath crane, at one point the second largest shipbuilding crane in the world. Constructed in 1975 for building LNG tankers, the crane was a prominent part of the harbor skyline for over thirty years. In early 2008, the 328-foot (100 m) tall crane located at the former shipyard ...
The Fore River Shipyard, one of the largest on the East Cost at its apex, was founded in 1896 and closed permanently in 1986. The centerpiece of the park would be U.S. Navy's "Lone Sailor ...
Added to NRHP. November 13, 1989. The Woodward School is a school for girls in grades 6 - 12 and was founded in 1894. [citation needed] Located in Quincy, Massachusetts, near Quincy Center, it is the only private high school in the city. [2] On top of its core syllabus, the school offers AP courses, Latin, French, Spanish, Visual Arts, Rhetoric ...
Merrymount (Quincy, Massachusetts) Coordinates: 42.2626°N 70.9953°W. Merrymount is a primarily residential neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, USA, located between the neighborhoods of Quincy Center and Adams Shore. [1] Although it was the site of Quincy's initial settlement, Merrymount was not substantially developed for residential use ...