Parkwest Substation

Parkwest Substation is an electrical substation in Jefferson, Alabama. Parkwest Substation is situated nearby to Saint Paul United Methodist Church, as well as near the historic building A. G. Gaston Motel.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include 16th Street Baptist Church and Kelly Ingram Park.

16th Street Baptist Church

Church

Photo: Dystopos, CC BY 2.5.

The 16th Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. In 1963, the church was bombed by Ku Klux Klan members. The bombing killed four young girls in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement. 16th Street Baptist Church is situated 1,600 feet northeast of Parkwest Substation.

Kelly Ingram Park

Park

Photo: Kinu, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kelly Ingram Park, formerly West Park, is a four-acre park located in Birmingham, Alabama. It is bounded by 16th and 17th Streets and 5th and 6th Avenues North in the Birmingham Civil Rights District.

Birmingham Museum of Art

Museum

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The Birmingham Museum of Art is a museum in Birmingham, Alabama. Its collection includes more than 24,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and decorative arts representing various cultures, including Asian, European, American, African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American. Birmingham Museum of Art is situated 4,000 feet northeast of Parkwest Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birmingham and Elyton.

Birmingham

Photo: Patrick Cain, CC BY 3.0.

Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama, and its cultural and economic nucleus. While it's best remembered as the site of protest, bombings, and other racial tumult during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, visitors to the Birmingham of today will find a pleasant green city of ridges, valleys, attractive views, and friendly, hospitable people.

Elyton

Hamlet

Elyton, Alabama, was the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama from 1821 to 1873. It was the county's second seat, after Carrollsville. In 1873 the courthouse was moved to Birmingham. Elyton is situated 1½ miles southwest of Parkwest Substation.

Avondale

Neighborhood

Avondale was a company town built around the Avondale Mills east of Birmingham, Alabama in Jefferson County. The town was incorporated on March 18, 1887. Avondale is situated 2½ miles east of Parkwest Substation.

Parkwest Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Jefferson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.51362° or 33° 30′ 49″ north

Longitude

-86.81849° or 86° 49′ 7″ west

Operator

Alabama Power

Open location code

865MG57J+CJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1084050422

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