Penobscot-Morania Collision
Penobscot-Morania Collision is a memorial in Erie County, Niagara Frontier, New York. Penobscot-Morania Collision is situated nearby to Lighthouse Point Park, as well as near Trial Gardens.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Buffalo Main Light and KeyBank Center.
Buffalo Main Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Robert Linsdell, CC BY 2.0.
Buffalo Light is a lighthouse at the mouth of Buffalo River/Erie Canal, directly across from the Erie Basin Marina in Buffalo, New York. Buffalo Main Light is situated 450 feet west of Penobscot-Morania Collision.
KeyBank Center
Stadium
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
KeyBank Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Buffalo, New York, United States. Originally known as Marine Midland Arena, the venue has since been named HSBC Arena and First Niagara Center. KeyBank Center is situated 3,200 feet east of Penobscot-Morania Collision.
USS Croaker
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
USS Croaker, a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the croaker, any of various fishes which make throbbing or drumming noises. USS Croaker is situated 1,700 feet east of Penobscot-Morania Collision.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canalside and Buffalo.
Canalside
Neighborhood
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Canalside, formerly known as Canal Side and also referred to as Erie Canal Harbor, is a mixed-use recreational and entertainment district in downtown Buffalo, New York.
Buffalo
Photo: AndreCarrotflower, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The largest city in New York State's Niagara Frontier, Buffalo is a city full of surprises. Though Buffalo is sometimes the butt of jokes about chicken wings, its long-suffering sports teams, and the mountains of snow under which it is supposedly buried each…
Downtown Buffalo
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Downtown has been the nucleus of Buffalo since its foundation; over two centuries later, it retains its central importance in the Niagara Frontier both geographically and commercially.
Penobscot-Morania Collision
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “The worst disaster in Buffalo Harbor history took place in the Buffalo River at this point on the night of Oct. 29, 1951, when the outbound freighter Penobscot and the gasoline barge Morania collided, sparking an explosion and fire that took 11 lives....”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Erie County, Niagara Frontier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.87779° or 42° 52′ 40″ northLongitude
-78.88783° or 78° 53′ 16″ westOpen location code
87J3V4H6+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 9848956849OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Highlights include Lighthouse Point Park and Trial Gardens.
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