PEPCO Substation 117

PEPCO Substation 117 is an electrical substation in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic which is located on 8th Street Northwest. PEPCO Substation 117 is situated nearby to the sports venue Kraken, as well as near Penn Social.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and Capital One Arena.

National Mall

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The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

Capital One Arena

Stadium

Photo: Cliff, CC BY 2.0.

Capital One Arena is an indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro. Capital One Arena is situated 1,100 feet northeast of PEPCO Substation 117.

National Gallery of Art

Museum

Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. National Gallery of Art is situated 1,800 feet southeast of PEPCO Substation 117.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East End and Downtown.

East End

Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.

East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.

Downtown

Suburb

Photo: Kurt Kaiser, CC0.

Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

Logan Circle

Neighborhood

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Logan Circle is a historic roundabout park and neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The majority of Logan Circle is primarily residential, except for the highly-commercialized 14th Street corridor that passes through the western part of the neighborhood.

PEPCO Substation 117

Type: Electrical substation
Address: 422 8th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20004
Categories: building and industry
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.89562° or 38° 53′ 44″ north

Longitude

-77.02329° or 77° 1′ 24″ west

Levels

Operator

Potomac Electric Power Company

Open location code

87C4VXWG+6M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 48041458

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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