River Wall
River Wall is a breakwater in Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania. River Wall is situated nearby to Lock No. 3, as well as near the pier Esplanade.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Bridge and Rachel Carson Homestead.
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Bridge is a truss bridge that carries the Canadian National Railway's Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad division across the Allegheny River between the Pittsburgh suburbs of Plum and Harmar Township, Pennsylvania. Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Bridge is situated 1,700 feet northwest of River Wall.
Rachel Carson Homestead
Museum
Photo: Leepaxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Rachel Carson Homestead is a National Register of Historic Places site that is located in Springdale, Pennsylvania, United States, eighteen miles northeast of Pittsburgh and near the Allegheny River. Rachel Carson Homestead is situated 2 miles northeast of River Wall.
University of Pittsburgh Applied Research Center
Research institute
Photo: TheZachMorrisExperience, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The University of Pittsburgh Applied Research Center was a one-million-square foot, U-PARC is located 14 miles from Downtown Pittsburgh in Harmar Township, Pennsylvania adjacent to the Route 28 expressway and Interstate 76, the Pennsylvania Turnpike. University of Pittsburgh Applied Research Center is situated 1 mile northwest of River Wall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Acmetonia and Cheswick.
Acmetonia
Village
Harmar Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It contains the communities of Acmetonia, Harmarville, Harmar Heights, and Chapel Downs.
Cheswick
Village
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Cheswick is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Allegheny River. The population was 1,672 as of the 2020 census. Cheswick Borough was incorporated in 1902. It is a residential suburb of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
Harmarville
Hamlet
Harmarville is an unincorporated community located in Harmar Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
River Wall
- Type: Breakwater
- Category: historic site
- Location: Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.5362° or 40° 32′ 10″ northLongitude
-79.81541° or 79° 48′ 56″ westInception
1934Open location code
87G2G5PM+FROpenStreetMap ID
way 366673598OpenStreetMap feature
historic=maritimeOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=breakwater
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