Little Lehigh Dam
Little Lehigh Dam is a weir in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania. Little Lehigh Dam is situated nearby to the museum Da Vinci Science Center, as well as near the stadium PPL Center.- Type: Weir
- Description: dam in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Tenth Street Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include PPL Center and Da Vinci Science Center.
PPL Center
Stadium
Photo: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The PPL Center is an 8,500-seat capacity indoor sports arena in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It opened on September 10, 2014. It is the home arena for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League, the primary development hockey team for the Philadelphia Flyers. PPL Center is situated 2,200 feet north of Little Lehigh Dam.
Da Vinci Science Center
Museum
Photo: Dennisze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Da Vinci Science Center is a science museum and nonprofit organization in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The earliest iteration of the center was created in 1992. Da Vinci Science Center is situated 1,900 feet north of Little Lehigh Dam.
Liberty Bell Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Liberty Bell Museum, also the Liberty Bell Shrine Museum was a non-profit organization and museum located in Zion's United Church of Christ, formerly Zion's Reformed Church, in Allentown, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Liberty Bell Museum is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Little Lehigh Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scherersville and Dorneyville.
Scherersville
Hamlet
Scherersville is an unincorporated community in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is located on Jordan Creek, mainly in South Whitehall Township and also in Whitehall Township. Scherersville is situated 3 miles northwest of Little Lehigh Dam.
Dorneyville
Hamlet
Dorneyville is a census-designated place in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census the population was 4,850. Dorneyville is located just west of Allentown in South Whitehall Township and Salisbury Township. Dorneyville is situated 3 miles southwest of Little Lehigh Dam.
Cetronia
Hamlet
Cetronia is a census-designated place in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, located near Allentown. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,421. Cetronia is situated 3 miles west of Little Lehigh Dam.
Little Lehigh Dam
- Category: dam
- Location: Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.59678° or 40° 35′ 48″ northLongitude
-75.47391° or 75° 28′ 26″ westElevation
240 feet (73 metres)Open location code
87G6HGWG+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 357325834OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=weir
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In Other Languages
“Little Lehigh Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Little Lehigh Dam”
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