Building 23

Building 23 is a building in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Building 23 is situated nearby to the power station Navy Yard Peaker Station, as well as near the historic site Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and Lincoln Financial Field.

Philadelphia Naval Shipyard

Historic site

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The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was a United States Navy shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded as a commercial operation in 1776, it became the Navy's first yard in 1801, and was historically important for nearly two centuries. Philadelphia Naval Shipyard is situated 1,400 feet east of Building 23.

Lincoln Financial Field

Stadium

Photo: Betp, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lincoln Financial Field is an American football stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States It is the home stadium of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League and the Temple Owls football team of Temple University. Lincoln Financial Field is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Building 23.

Xfinity Mobile Arena

Sports venue

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Xfinity Mobile Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves as the home of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League and the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association. Xfinity Mobile Arena is situated 1 mile northeast of Building 23.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Red Bank and Packer 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.

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.

National Park

Village

Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Building 23

Type: Building
Also known as: “Central Shipyard Power Plan”
Category: historic site
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.89022° or 39° 53′ 25″ north

Longitude

-75.18575° or 75° 11′ 9″ west

Inception

1919

Open location code

87F6VRR7+3P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 707497027

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=maritime

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