Seventh Street Substation

Seventh Street Substation is an electrical substation in Roanoke, Southwest Virginia, Virginia. Seventh Street Substation is situated nearby to Fire Station Number 3, as well as near the art gallery Blue Ridge Indie Market.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gainsboro Branch Library and Roanoke station.

Gainsboro Branch Library

Library

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The Gainsboro Branch Library is a historic library building located in the Gainsboro neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia, United States. It was built in 1941–1942 and is a one-story, seven-bay brick building built with an L-plan and gabled roof, and designed in the Tudor Revival style. Gainsboro Branch Library is situated 1 mile northeast of Seventh Street Substation.

Roanoke station

Railway station

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Roanoke station is a train station in Roanoke, Virginia, the current southern terminus of Amtrak's Northeast Regional line. Built in 2017, it follows several other Roanoke passenger stations that operated from the 1850s to 1979. Roanoke station is situated 3,900 feet east of Seventh Street Substation.

Roanoke Warehouse Historic District

Park

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Roanoke Warehouse Historic District, also known as 'Wholesale Row," is a national historic district located at Roanoke, Virginia. It encompasses five contributing buildings constructed between 1889 and 1902.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mountain View and Wasena.

Mountain View

Quarter

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Mountain View is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in central Roanoke north of the Roanoke River. It borders the neighborhoods of Norwich on the west, West End on the east, Hurt Park on the north and Raleigh Court and Wasena on the south.

Wasena

Quarter

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Wasena is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in south, central Roanoke bisected by U.S. Route 221, immediately to the south of the Roanoke River.

West End

Suburb

West End is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in central Roanoke south of the Norfolk Southern railyard. It borders the neighborhoods of Hurt Park and Mountain View on the west, Downtown on the east, Gilmer on the north across the Norfolk Southern railyard and Old Southwest on the south.

Seventh Street Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Roanoke, Southwest Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.27258° or 37° 16′ 21″ north

Longitude

-79.95468° or 79° 57′ 17″ west

Operator

Appalachian Power

Open location code

879272FW+24

OpenStreetMap ID

way 572734872

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Highlights include Fire Station Number 3 and Blue Ridge Indie Market.

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