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In Australia:- Bridgewater, South AustraliaBridgewater, South AustraliaBridgewater is a town in the Adelaide Hills, southeast of Adelaide in South Australia.It is the former end of the Adelaide-Bridgewater railway line; this route was closed in 1987...
- Bridgewater, TasmaniaBridgewater, TasmaniaBridgewater, Tasmania, is one greater Hobart's northern-most suburbs, located 19 km from the city. It is situated on the eastern shore of the Derwent River. It is a suburb of the local government area of the Municipality of Brighton....
, suburb of Hobart - Bridgewater On Loddon, VictoriaBridgewater On Loddon, VictoriaBridgewater On Loddon is a town in north central Victoria, Australia. The town is located on the Calder Highway, north west of Bendigo, astride the Loddon River. At the 2006 census, Bridgewater On Loddon had a population of 391...
In Canada:
- Bridgewater, Nova ScotiaBridgewater, Nova ScotiaBridgewater is a town in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the navigable limit of the LaHave River. It is the largest town in the South Shore region. While the majority of the South Shore's economy is based upon the tourist trade, Bridgewater is more a commercial and industrial centre and...
In the United Kingdom:
- BridgwaterBridgwaterBridgwater is a market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is the administrative centre of the Sedgemoor district, and a major industrial centre. Bridgwater is located on the major communication routes through South West England...
in Somerset (note the spelling difference) - Bridgewater High School (Warrington)Bridgewater High School (Warrington)Bridgewater High School is a state school located in Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire. It consists of the "Lower Site" where pupils aged between 11 and 14 attend, and the "Upper Site", which is for pupils between the ages of 14 and 16. The school is a specialist Arts College and has also recently...
In the United States of America:
- Bridgewater, ConnecticutBridgewater, ConnecticutBridgewater is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,824 at the 2000 census. It is the only remaining dry town in Connecticut.-Geography:...
- Bridgewater, IowaBridgewater, IowaBridgewater is a city in Jackson Township, Adair County, Iowa, United States. The population was 178 at the 2000 census. Bridgewater was founded in 1885.-Geography:Bridgewater is located at...
- Bridgewater, MaineBridgewater, MaineBridgewater is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 612 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....
- Bridgewater, MassachusettsBridgewater, MassachusettsFor geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Bridgewater, please see the article Bridgewater , Massachusetts.The Town of Bridgewater is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, 28 miles south of Boston. At the 2000 Census, the population was 25,185...
- Bridgewater (CDP), MassachusettsBridgewater (CDP), MassachusettsBridgewater is a census-designated place in the town of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,664 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bridgewater is located at ....
, census-designated place - Bridgewater (MBTA station)Bridgewater (MBTA station)Bridgewater is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Bridgewater, Massachusetts on the Middleborough/Lakeville Line. It is located in the middle of the Bridgewater State University campus. Bridgewater Station was built on a line that was once part of the original Fall River Railroad.-References:*. MBTA....
- Bridgewater (CDP), Massachusetts
- Bridgewater, Michigan, unincorporated community
- Bridgewater, New HampshireBridgewater, New HampshireBridgewater is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,083 at the 2010 census.- History :The land comprising Bridgewater was originally part of a town known as New Chester, which was separated into Bridgewater, Bristol, Hill, Danbury, and Wilmot...
- Bridgewater, New Jersey
- Bridgewater (town), New YorkBridgewater (town), New YorkBridgewater is a town in Oneida County, New York, USA. The population was 1,671 at the 2000 census. The town and its principal village were named after the Duke of Bridgewater....
- Bridgewater (village), New YorkBridgewater (village), New YorkBridgewater is a village in Oneida County, New York, USA. The population was 579 at the 2000 census.The Village of Bridgewater is within the Town of Bridgewater at the junction of US Route 20 and Route 8.- History :...
- Bridgewater (village), New York
- Bridgewater, PennsylvaniaBridgewater, PennsylvaniaBridgewater is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 739 at the 2000 census. It is best known as the home of the Bruster's Ice Cream chain. A few scenes in the 1986 movie Gung Ho were also shot in Bridgewater...
- Bridgewater, South DakotaBridgewater, South DakotaBridgewater is a city in McCook County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 492 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Bridgewater is located at ....
- Bridgewater, VermontBridgewater, VermontBridgewater is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 980 at the 2000 census. Bridgewater contains the hamlets of Bridgewater Village, Bridgewater Corners, West Bridgewater, and Bridgewater Center...
- Bridgewater, VirginiaBridgewater, VirginiaBridgewater is an incorporated town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. The population was 5,644 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bridgewater is home to the Reds of the Rockingham County Baseball League...
- Bridgewater Township (disambiguation)
Canals and structures
In Australia:- Bridgewater railway line, AdelaideBridgewater railway line, AdelaideThe Bridgewater line is a former passenger railway service in the Adelaide Hills. It was a single broad gauge track extension of the twin broad gauge Belair line, the service being withdrawn in 1987.It ran through the suburbs of...
In the United Kingdom:
- Bridgewater CanalBridgewater CanalThe Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester...
, from Preston Brook (and from Worsley) to Manchester - Bridgwater and Taunton CanalBridgwater and Taunton CanalThe Bridgwater and Taunton Canal is a canal in the south-west of England between Bridgwater and Taunton, opened in 1827 and linking the River Tone to the River Parrett. There were a number of abortive schemes to link the Bristol Channel to the English Channel by waterway in the 18th and early 19th...
, Somerset - Bridgewater HallBridgewater HallThe Bridgewater Hall is an international concert venue in Manchester city centre, England. It cost around £42 million to build and currently hosts over 250 performances a year....
, a concert hall in Manchester - Bridgewater Monument, Hertfordshire
- Bridgewater PlaceBridgewater PlaceBridgewater Place, nicknamed The Dalek, is an office and residential skyscraper development in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is the tallest building in Yorkshire, and has held this record since being topped out in September 2005...
, Leeds
People
- Brad BridgewaterBrad BridgewaterBrad Michael Bridgewater is an American swimmer, who won the gold medal in men's 200 meter backstroke at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics....
(born 1973), American swimmer - Carl Bridgewater (1965 - 1978), murdered newspaper boy, UK
- Dee Dee BridgewaterDee Dee BridgewaterDee Dee Bridgewater is an American Jazz singer. She is a three-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award - winning stage actress and host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater...
(born 1950), American jazz singer - Cecil BridgewaterCecil Bridgewater-Biography:Bridgewater was born in Urbana, Illinois and studied at the University of Illinois. He and brother Ron formed the Bridgewater Brothers Band in 1969, and in the 1970s he was married to Dee Dee Bridgewater. In 1970 he played with Horace Silver, and following this with Thad Jones and Mel...
(born 1942), American jazz trumpetist and composer - John BridgewaterJohn BridgewaterJohn Bridgewater, known also as Aquapontanus, was an English clerical historian of the Catholic Confessors under Queen Elizabeth I Tudor.-Biography:...
(c.1532 - c.1596), English clerical historian - Earl of BridgewaterEarl of Bridgewater-History:The earldom was first created in 1538 for Henry Daubeny, 9th Baron Daubeny. The Daubeney family descended from Elias Daubeny, who in 1295 was summoned by writ to the Model Parliament as Lord Daubeny. The eighth Baron was created Baron Daubeny by letters patent in the Peerage of England in...
and Duke of Bridgewater, UK peerage
Other
- Bridgewater AssociatesBridgewater AssociatesBridgewater Associates is an American investment management firm founded by Ray Dalio in 1975 and is reported to be the world's largest hedge fund company with $122 billion in assets under management. The company has 270 clients including pension funds, endowments, foundations, foreign governments...
, global investment manager - Bridgewater CollegeBridgewater CollegeBridgewater College, is a private, coeducational, four-year liberal-arts college located in Bridgewater, Virginia, a town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States...
, co-educational four-year college in Virginia - Bridgewater House (disambiguation)
- Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High SchoolBridgewater-Raynham Regional High SchoolBridgewater-Raynham Regional High School, founded in 1960, is a regional high school in Bridgewater, Massachusetts shared by the towns of Bridgewater and Raynham. The high school, commonly referred to as B-R, relocated to a new building at 415 Center Street in 2007...
, Massachusetts - Bridgewater State HospitalBridgewater State HospitalBridgewater State Hospital, located in southeastern Massachusetts, is a state facility housing the criminally insane and those whose sanity is being evaluated for the criminal justice system. It was established in 1855 as an almshouse. It was then used as a workhouse for inmates with short...
, Massachusetts, a hospital for the criminally insane, subject of the film Titicut Follies - Bridgewater State University, Massachusetts
- Bridgewater SystemsBridgewater SystemsBridgewater Systems is a Canadian software company providing pre-integrated solutions for mobile and converged operators. The Company’s portfolio provides a real-time, unified view of the subscriber including service entitlements, devices and networks being used, billing profiles, and preferences...
, Canadian software company - HMS BridgewaterHMS BridgewaterFour ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bridgewater, while one ship of the navy of the Commonwealth of England has also carried the name:...
, the name of four ships of the Royal Navy, and one of the Commonwealth of England