Embreeville Dam
Embreeville Dam is a weir in Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Embreeville Dam is situated nearby to the hamlet Mortonville, as well as near Willowdale.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Star Gazers’ Stone and Baily Farm.
Star Gazers’ Stone
Monument
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Star Gazers' Stone located on Star Gazers' Farm near Embreeville, Pennsylvania, United States, marks the site of a temporary observatory established in January 1764 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon which they used in their survey of the Mason–Dixon line. Star Gazers’ Stone is situated 1 mile north of Embreeville Dam.
Baily Farm
House
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Baily Farm is a historic home and barn located in West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The house was built about 1795, and is a two-story, five-bay, stuccoed stone dwelling in a vernacular Federal style. Baily Farm is situated 2½ miles northeast of Embreeville Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Embreeville and Mortonville.
Embreeville
Hamlet
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Embreeville is a historical unincorporated community, little more than a rural stretch of road with a few businesses and homes, in Newlin Township, Pennsylvania, United States, on a bend of Brandywine Creek.
Mortonville
Hamlet
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Mortonville is an unincorporated area and historic hamlet in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, situated on the eastern bank of the West Branch Brandywine Creek. Mortonville is situated 2½ miles northwest of Embreeville Dam.
Willowdale
Hamlet
Willowdale is an unincorporated community that is located in East Marlborough Township, in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was named after a grove of Willow trees that grew in the general area when the community was originally settled. Willowdale is situated 3½ miles south of Embreeville Dam.
Embreeville Dam
- Type: Weir
- Description: dam in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Category: dam
- Location: Newlin Township, Chester County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.92639° or 39° 55′ 35″ northLongitude
-75.73435° or 75° 44′ 4″ westElevation
213 feet (65 metres)Open location code
87F6W7G8+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 357363973OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=weir
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In Other Languages
“Embreeville Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Embreeville Dam”
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