Roxborough Substation

Roxborough Substation is an electrical substation in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Roxborough Substation is situated nearby to the dam Lock Number Sixty-Eight, as well as near the ruins Lock Tender’s House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shawmont station and Ivy Ridge station.

Shawmont station

Railway station

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Shawmont is a former train station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located on Nixon Street in the Roxborough section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia. Shawmont station is situated 2,300 feet northwest of Roxborough Substation.

Ivy Ridge station

Railway station

Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ivy Ridge station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Umbria Street and Parker Avenue in Northwest Philadelphia, it serves the Manayunk/Norristown Line. Ivy Ridge station is situated 3,100 feet southeast of Roxborough Substation.

Belmont Hills Public Library

Library

Photo: Spybeak, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Belmont Hills Public Library is situated 1¼ miles south of Roxborough Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belmont Hills and Manayunk.

Belmont Hills

Neighborhood

Located in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, Belmont Hills is a suburb of Philadelphia. Belmont Hills is a neighborhood within the village of Bala Cynwyd.

Manayunk

Neighborhood

Photo: Dasprevailz, Public domain.

Manayunk is a neighborhood in the section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania. Located adjacent to the neighborhoods of Roxborough and Wissahickon and also on the banks of the Schuylkill River, Manayunk contains the first canal begun in the United States.

Roxborough

Neighborhood

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Roxborough is a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bordered to the southwest, along the Schuylkill River, by the neighborhood of Manayunk, along the northeast by the Wissahickon Creek section of Fairmount Park, and to the southeast by the neighborhood of East Falls. Roxborough is situated 1½ miles southeast of Roxborough Substation.

Roxborough Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.04061° or 40° 2′ 26″ north

Longitude

-75.2429° or 75° 14′ 34″ west

Operator

PECO

Open location code

87G62QR4+6R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 245803746

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lock Number Sixty-Eight and Lock Tender’s House.

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