Pier 6A
Pier 6A is a pier in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Pier 6A is situated nearby to the military installation Ready Reserve Force Pier, as well as near Pier 5.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and Commandant’s Quarters.
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Historic site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was the first United States Navy shipyard and was historically important for nearly two centuries. Construction of the original Philadelphia Naval Shipyard began during the American Revolution in 1776 at Front and Federal Streets in what is now the Pennsport section of Philadelphia. Philadelphia Naval Shipyard is situated 2,300 feet northeast of Pier 6A.
Commandant’s Quarters
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Commandant's Quarters, also known as Quarters "A", is a historic home located at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1874–1875, and is a three-story, painted brick dwelling in the Italian Villa-style. Commandant’s Quarters is situated 1 mile northeast of Pier 6A.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park
Park
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park is a park located along the Delaware River in the southernmost point of South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, comprising some 348 acres, about 125 acres of natural lands including ponds and lagoons. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park is situated 1 mile north of Pier 6A.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Red Bank and National Park.
Red Bank
Hamlet
National Park is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,026, a decrease of 10 from the 2010 census count of 3,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 169 from the 3,205 counted in the 2000 census.
National Park
Village
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
National Park is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,026, a decrease of 10 from the 2010 census count of 3,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 169 from the 3,205 counted in the 2000 census.
Packer Park
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Packer Park is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that originally included 1,000 homes built in two unique builder developments, of Packer Park in the 1950s and Brinton Estates during the 1990s. Packer Park is situated 2 miles north of Pier 6A.
Pier 6A
- Type: Pier
- Also known as: “Coal Handling Pier”
- Categories: industry, historic site, and transportation
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.88601° or 39° 53′ 10″ northLongitude
-75.18543° or 75° 11′ 8″ westInception
1903Open location code
87F6VRP7+CROpenStreetMap ID
way 707489064OpenStreetMap feature
historic=maritimeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=pier
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ready Reserve Force Pier and Pier 6.
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