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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.04061° or 40° 2′ 26″ northLongitude
-75.2429° or 75° 14′ 35″ westOperator
PECOOpen location code
87G62QR4+6ROpenStreetMap ID
way 245803746
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