Wanamie Dam

Wanamie Dam is a dam in Newport Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania. Wanamie Dam is situated nearby to the hamlet Alden, as well as near Sheatown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wanamie and Alden.

Hamlet

Wanamie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Newport Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It is located in the southwestern end of the Wyoming Valley and uses the Nanticoke zip code of 18634.

Hamlet

Alden is an unincorporated community in Newport Township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. Alden is located at the intersection of Kirmar Avenue, Alden Mountain Road, and Robert Street, southwest of Nanticoke.

Hamlet

Sheatown is a census-designated place in Newport Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is adjacent to the west side of the city of Nanticoke. The population of Sheatown was 671 at the 2010 census. Sheatown is situated 2 miles north of Wanamie Dam.

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Location: Newport Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.16675° or 41° 10′ 0″ north

Longitude

-76.02465° or 76° 1′ 29″ west

Elevation

902 feet (275 metres)

Open location code

87H55X8G+M4

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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