Sub 9

Sub 9 is an electrical substation in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Sub 9 is situated nearby to Second Mt. Zion Baptist Church, as well as near Amazon Rainforest Carousel.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Philadelphia Zoo and Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Philadelphia Zoo

Zoo

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The Philadelphia Zoo is a zoo located in the Centennial District of Philadelphia on the west bank of the Schuylkill River. It was the first true zoo in the United States; it was chartered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on March 21, 1859, but its opening was delayed by the Civil War until July 1, 1874. Philadelphia Zoo is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Sub 9.

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Museum

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The Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Eakins Oval. Philadelphia Museum of Art is situated 1 mile east of Sub 9.

Letitia Street House

Historic house

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Letitia Street House is a modest eighteenth-century house in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. It was built along the Delaware riverfront about 1713, and relocated to its current site in 1883. Letitia Street House is situated 1,900 feet north of Sub 9.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belmont District and Mantua.

Belmont District

Neighborhood

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Belmont District was a district that existed briefly in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States. The district was created on April 14, 1853 from northern Blockley Township ceased to exist and on February 2, 1854 the district was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.

Mantua

Neighborhood

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Mantua is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located north of Spring Garden Street, east of 40th Street, south of Mantua Avenue, and west of 31st Street.

Mill Creek

Neighborhood

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Mill Creek is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It sits between 44th and 52nd Streets, north of Market Street and south of Girard Avenue.

Sub 9

Type: Electrical substation
Also known as: “Zoo Substation”
Category: industry
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.97041° or 39° 58′ 14″ north

Longitude

-75.19924° or 75° 11′ 57″ west

Operator

Amtrak

Open location code

87F6XRC2+58

OpenStreetMap ID

way 398016307

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Satellite Map

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Second Mt. Zion Baptist Church and Amazon Rainforest Carousel.

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