Shippan
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Shippan is a section (or neighborhood) of the city of Stamford, Connecticut.
Shippan is north of Shippan Point, east of the South End, south of Downtown and the East Side, and west of The Cove.
The Shippan area generally runs along Shippan Avenue, Elm Street and the smaller streets nearby. South of the intersection of Shippan Avenue and Magee Avenue, the Shippan Point section starts, as noted by a "Welcome to Shippan Point" sign. On the north, the the Metro-North train tracks and Interstate 95 separate Shippan from Downtown Stamford. The East Side is to the northeast and the Cove begins about as begins, and the boundaries between Shippan, the East Side and the Cove sections are vague.
A Clairol factory is located where the Shippan meets the Cove section on Cove Avenue.
The neighborhood has a very integrated mix of ethnic groups and even ethnic stores, including Asian (Indian) stores and Italian pizzerias are on Cove Road, and European delis on Elm Street. Blacks, whites, Hispanics, Indians and others all live in Shippan.
Cummings Park public beach, St. Mary Roman Catholic Church, and St. Benedict Roman Catholic Church are all in Shippan, along with many small retail businesses and restaurants.
The Stamford municipal sewage treatment plant, which also serves Darien, is located on McGee Avenue by the East Branch of Stamford Harbor. Originally built in 1974 with a capacity of 17 million gallons per day, the plant was upgraded in 2005 for $105 million, increasing its capacity to 24 million gallons per day and a maximum peak flow capacity of 68 million gallons per day. The city began treating sewage to remove nitrogen in 1988, and the 2005 upgrade increased the amount of nitrogen removed from sewage from 65 percent to 90 percent. The upgrade also included three odor-control machines at a total cost of $6 million. The machines use massive fans to suck odiferous fumes into chambers where chemicals are used to remove 99.9 percent of the hydrogen sulfide that causes the odor. An ultraviolet light disinfectant machine sterilizes the water in the plant and eliminates the need to use and store large amounts of chlorine.[1]
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- ^ Dalena, Doug, "City sewer plant upgrade completed", The Advocate of Stamford, October 20, 2005
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