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Quincy (/ ˈ k w ɪ n z i / KWIN-zee) is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest city in the county. Quincy is part of the Greater Boston area as one of Boston's immediate southern suburbs. Its population in 2020 was 101,636, making it the seventh-largest city in the state. [2]
Quincy Water Company Pumping Station: Quincy Water Company Pumping Station: September 20, 1989 : 106 Penn St. Demolished, now a largely vacant lot. 90: Josiah Quincy House: Josiah Quincy House: May 28, 1976 : 20 Muirhead St.
The last major section is from Southern Artery to Quincy Shore Drive. Here Furnace Brook Parkway traverses the northwest edge of Merrymount, the site of Quincy's founding in 1625. [24] Beyond here, the view opens on the left to a panorama north across the creek and marshes to Quincy Bay and the Boston Harbor Islands beyond.
Map showing Germantown neighborhood in 1858. 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. This peninsula was known since the 1640s as “Shed's Neck”. [1]
Houghs Neck / ˈ h aʊ z / is a one-square-mile (2.6 km 2) peninsula in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is surrounded by Quincy Bay , Hingham Bay and Rock Island Cove. It is lined by Perry Beach, which runs along Manet Avenue; Nut Island , which is just beyond Great Hill at the very end of the peninsula; and Edgewater Drive.
Adams Street, Copeland Street, Furnace Brook Parkway, Quarry Street and Willard Street are major thoroughfares in West Quincy. Interstate 93 runs south-north through the neighborhood along Willard Street and the former route of the Granite Railway, with Exit 8 at Furnace Brook Parkway and Exit 9 at Bryant Avenue allowing direct access to West Quincy. [1]
The Quincy Quarries is a 22-acre (8.9 ha) public recreation area in Quincy, Massachusetts, commemorating the site of the Granite Railway—often credited as being the first railroad in the United States. [1]
Wollaston Beach, with the Boston skyline in the background, in April 2009. Wollaston, Massachusetts, is a neighborhood in the city of Quincy, Massachusetts.Divided by Hancock Street or Route 3A, the Wollaston Beach side is known as Wollaston Park, while the Wollaston Hill side is known as Wollaston Heights.