Essex Substation
Essex Substation is an electrical substation in City of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. Essex Substation is situated nearby to Essex Generating Station, as well as near Chaplain Washington Bridge.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Essex Generating Station and Sawtooth Bridges.
Essex Generating Station
The Essex Generating Station is a peaking power plant on the banks of the Passaic River, three miles east of Downtown in Newark, New Jersey. The station was a major part of New Jersey’s energy infrastructure, transitioning from a coal-fired power plant to a modern peaking facility before closing in 2022.Sawtooth Bridges
Bridge
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The Sawtooth Bridges are a pair of railroad bridges on the Northeast Corridor known individually as Amtrak Bridge No. 7.80 and Amtrak Bridge No. 7.96. They are located in the Meadowlands in Kearny, New Jersey, between Newark Penn Station and Secaucus Junction at a stretch where the rights-of-way of Amtrak, NJ Transit, PATH, and Conrail converge and re-align. Sawtooth Bridges is situated 2,200 feet northwest of Essex Substation.
Kearny Generating Station
Power station
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kearny Generating Station is a peaking power plant on the banks of the Riverbend of the Hackensack River in South Kearny, New Jersey. Owned and operated by Public Service Electric and Gas Company the power station consists of 10 simple cycle combustion turbines totaling 456 MW. Kearny Generating Station is situated 1¼ miles east of Essex Substation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harrison and Droyer’s Point.
Harrison
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harrison is a town in the western part of Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. It is a suburb of the neighboring city of Newark, and is located 8 miles from New York City.
Droyer’s Point
Locality
Droyer's Point is a section of Jersey City, New Jersey, at Newark Bay that was the site of the Jersey City Airport and later of Roosevelt Stadium, both of which were demolished. It has become a residential and commercial district. Droyer’s Point is situated 2 miles south of Essex Substation.
the Neck
Village
The Ironbound is a neighborhood in the city of Newark in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a large working-class multi-ethnic community, covering about 4 square miles. the Neck is situated 2 miles southwest of Essex Substation.
Essex Substation
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: City of Newark, Essex County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.73859° or 40° 44′ 19″ northLongitude
-74.12106° or 74° 7′ 16″ westOperator
Public Service Enterprise GroupOpen location code
87G7PVQH+CHOpenStreetMap ID
way 648758891
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Highlights include Essex Generating Station heliport and Chaplain Washington Bridge.
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