Western Paving Company Pit
Western Paving Company Pit is a quarry in Adams, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,154 feet. Western Paving Company Pit is situated nearby to the town Commerce City, as well as near the hamlet Twin Lakes.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Adams County, Colorado, United States of America; geonames ID = 5443896
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cherokee Generating Station and Riverside Cemetery.
Cherokee Generating Station
Power station
Cherokee Generating Station is a natural gas-fired power plant in North Washington, Colorado, about 5 miles north of downtown Denver. Cherokee currently has a nameplate capacity of 1006.4 megawatts and a net summer capacity of 886 megawatts, making it the largest power plant in Adams County and the second-largest natural gas–fired plant in the state behind Fort St. Cherokee Generating Station is situated 3,700 feet south of Western Paving Company Pit.
Riverside Cemetery
Cemetery
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Riverside Cemetery, established in 1876, is Denver, Colorado's oldest operating cemetery. More than 67,000 people are buried there, including 1,000 veterans. Riverside Cemetery is situated 1½ miles south of Western Paving Company Pit.
48th & Brighton/National Western Center station
Railway station
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48th & Brighton / National Western Center station is a station on the N Line of the Denver RTD commuter rail system in Denver, Colorado. It is the first station northbound from Union Station and is located on the edge of the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood. 48th & Brighton/National Western Center station is situated 2½ miles south of Western Paving Company Pit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Commerce City and Twin Lakes.
Commerce City
Town
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Commerce City is a home rule city located in Adams County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 62,418 at the 2020 United States census, a 35.95% increase since the 2010 United States census. Commerce City is situated 2 miles east of Western Paving Company Pit.
Twin Lakes
Hamlet
Twin Lakes is a census-designated place in and governed by Adams County, Colorado, United States]. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Twin Lakes is situated 2 miles west of Western Paving Company Pit.
Elyria-Swansea
Neighborhood
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Elyria-Swansea is a neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. It is located in East Denver, on the northeast side of the city. In 2007, the neighborhood had 7,218 residents and 1,787 households. Elyria-Swansea is situated 2½ miles south of Western Paving Company Pit.
Western Paving Company Pit
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Adams, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.81832° or 39° 49′ 6″ northLongitude
-104.96554° or 104° 57′ 56″ westElevation
5,154 feet (1,571 metres)Open location code
85FQR29M+8QOpenStreetMap ID
node 369174535OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Western Paving Company Pit” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Western Paving Company Pit (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Adams County, lat 39,82, long -104,97)”
- Cebuano: “Western Paving Company Pit”
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