Fort Slocum Substation

Fort Slocum Substation is an electrical substation in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic which is located on North Dakota Avenue Northwest. Fort Slocum Substation is situated nearby to Greater Saint Paul’s Baptist Church, as well as near Legacy Memorial Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Slocum and Lamond Recreation Center.

Fort Slocum

Park

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Fort Slocum was one of seven temporary earthwork forts, part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C., during the Civil War, built in the Northeast quadrant of the city after the beginning of the war by the Union Army to protect the city from the Confederate Army.

Lamond Recreation Center

Community center

Photo: Gnupratchett, CC0.

Lamond Recreation Center is a community center, which is situated 2,400 feet north of Fort Slocum Substation.

Takoma Community Garden

Garden

Photo: Chris Adams, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Takoma Community Garden is situated 3,600 feet northwest of Fort Slocum Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Totten and Brookland-Petworth-Takoma.

Fort Totten

Suburb

Photo: Egunt07, CC BY 3.0.

Fort Totten is a neighborhood located in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C. Fort Totten is located between Riggs Road N.E. to the north, Bates Rd N.E, Allison Street N.E, and the southern end of Fort Totten Park to the south, the Washington Metro Red Line tracks to the east, and North Capitol Street NW to the west.

Brookland-Petworth-Takoma

Brookland, Petworth, and Takoma are three relatively quiet neighborhoods east of Rock Creek Park. Following the "White Flight" after desegregation and the 1968 riots, these neighborhoods were left underpopulated, overwhelmingly African-American, and much less wealthy than the Upper Northwest, just across Rock Creek Park.

Queens Chapel

Neighborhood

Queens Chapel is a mostly residential neighborhood with commercial elements located in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C. Its namesake is the Queens Family Chapel, the first Catholic parish in DC.

Fort Slocum Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Address: 5900 North Dakota Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20011
Categories: building and industry
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.96152° or 38° 57′ 42″ north

Longitude

-77.01074° or 77° 0′ 39″ west

Operator

Potomac Electric Power Company

Open location code

87C4XX6Q+JP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 295889583

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Greater Saint Paul’s Baptist Church and Legacy Memorial Park.

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