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Quinnipiac River

The Quinnipiac River is a river in the New England region of the United States, located entirely in the state of Connecticut. It rises in west central Connecticut from Dead Wood Swamp west of the city of New Britain. It flows roughly southward to Plainville, Southington, and Cheshire, west of the city of Meriden, through Wallingford and Yalesville, North Haven, and flows into New Haven Harbor, an inlet of Long Island Sound, east of downtown New Haven .

Located at 41.3, -72.902 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Fair Haven (New Haven)

Fair Haven is a neighborhood in the eastern part of the city of New Haven, Connecticut located between the Mill and Quinnipiac rivers. The northeast section of the neighborhood is also known as Chatham Square. In 2010, New Haven mayor John DeStefano, Jr. summarized the neighborhood by remarking that people in Fair Haven stay in the neighborhood to shop, eat, go to school and worship. "More than any other neighborhood in the city," Fair Haven is rooted in, and contained within itself.

Located at 41.3111, -72.8956 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Clinton Avenue School

Clinton Avenue School is a bilingual school located at 293 Clinton Avenue in the Fair Haven neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut, USA. It was built in 1911 and underwent extensive renovations beginning in 2004. The original design was similar to the nearby Truman School, both Beaux Arts style buildings.

Located at 41.3183, -72.8927 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Fair Haven Heights

Fair Haven Heights, or simply the Heights, is a residential and light industrial neighborhood in the eastern part of the city of New Haven, Connecticut, located east of the Quinnipiac River. Fair Haven Heights is not to be confused with the adjacent Fair Haven neighborhood west of the river. The area is bordered on the west by the Quinnipiac River, on the north by Route 80, on the east by the town of East Haven, and on the south by Ferry Street and Warwich Avenue.

Located at 41.302, -72.885 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in New Haven, Connecticut

Fair Haven Union Cemetery

Fair Haven Union Cemetery, located at 149 Grand Ave. , covers 7 acres in the neighborhood of Fair Haven, Connecticut. Although graves were there as early as 1803, the land was donated for the cemetery by local farmers Stephen Rowe and Nathaniel Granniss in 1808. The site included land for a meeting house, a school, and parade grounds, as well as 1-acre for burial, holding 80 lots.

Located at 41.3092, -72.893 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Cedar Hill (New Haven)

Cedar Hill is a neighborhood in New Haven, Connecticut. It includes portions of the city-designated neighborhoods of East Rock, Quinnipiac Meadows, and Mill River. Cedar Hill was named for cedar trees that were once plentiful there in 1665. The area was divided from the local surroundings by the construction of I-91 in the 1950s.

Located at 41.3236, -72.8942 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Mill River (neighborhood)

Mill River is a primarily industrial neighborhood in the city of New Haven, Connecticut located between the Wooster Square and Fair Haven neighborhoods. The area is bordered on the east by the Mill River (from I-95 up to the vicinity of Humphrey Street) then by Amtrak railroad tracks (up to Blatchley Avenue). It is bordered on the west and northwest by Interstate 91 (between Exits 2 and 6), and on the south by Interstate 95.

Located at 41.307, -72.91 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in New Haven, Connecticut

Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Connecticut)

The Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge, more commonly referred to as the Q Bridge (the "Q" referring to "Quinnipiac") by locals, is a bridge that carries Interstate 95 over the mouth of the Quinnipiac River in New Haven, Connecticut. The 1,300 m (0.8 mi) span – which opened in 1958 – is a girder and floorbeam design where steel beams support the concrete bridge deck. The bridge carries three lanes of traffic in each direction with no inside or outside shoulders.

Located at 41.2986, -72.9039 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Erector Square

Erector Square is located at the intersection of Blatchley Avenue and Peck Street in New Haven, Connecticut. It is a 3-story brick industrial warehouse complex located in the Fair Haven section of New Haven. It originally housed the factory for making Erector Set toys, invented by Alfred Carlton Gilbert. The last official sets were produced there in 1967, after the company went out of business in that year. The Gilbert Co. assets were purchased by Gabriel Toys and moved to Lancaster, PA.

Located at 41.316, -72.9 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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English Station

English Station is an abandoned thermal power plant. Located at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:41|18|23|N|72|54|25|W| |primary |name= }}, it occupies eight acres of land on Ball Island in the Mill River. It was constructed from 1924 to 1929 and is situated in the Mill River neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. The building is scheduled to be demolished by early 2012.

Located at 41.3064, -72.9069 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Strong School

Located at 41.3095, -72.8902 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Tomlinson Lift Bridge

The Tomlinson Lift Bridge is a crossing of the Quinnipiac River in New Haven, Connecticut. The bridge forms a segment of U.S. Route 1. The Tomlinson Vertical Lift Bridge carries four lanes of traffic across New Haven Harbor and a single-track freight line owned by the Providence & Worcester Railroad that connects the waterfront with the Northeast Corridor line of Metro North and CSX. A sidewalk is present along the southern edge of the bridge.

Located at 41.2983, -72.9053 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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