Potomac River Substation

Potomac River Substation is an electrical substation in Alexandria, Northern Virginia, Virginia. Potomac River Substation is situated nearby to the park PY Plaza East, as well as near Chetworth Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Braddock Road station and James M. Duncan, Jr. Branch Library.

Braddock Road station

Metro station

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Braddock Road station is an island-platformed Washington Metro station in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. The station was opened on December 17, 1983, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Braddock Road station is situated 4,100 feet southwest of Potomac River Substation.

James M. Duncan, Jr. Branch Library

Library

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James M. Duncan, Jr. Branch Library is situated 1 mile northwest of Potomac River Substation.

Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop

Museum

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The Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop/Museum is a historic apothecary's shop in Alexandria, Virginia, that has been preserved as a museum. During its working life, it was owned by generations of a Quaker family. Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop is situated 1¼ miles south of Potomac River Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Potomac Yard and Alexandria Historic District.

Potomac Yard

Suburb

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Potomac Yard is a neighborhood in Northern Virginia that straddles southeastern Arlington County and northeastern Alexandria, Virginia, located principally in the area between U.S. Route 1 and the Washington Metro Blue Line /Yellow Line tracks, or the George Washington Memorial Parkway, depending on the definition used.

Alexandria Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Alexandria Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District in Alexandria, Virginia. Encompassing all of the city's Old Town and some adjacent areas, this area contains one of the nation's best-preserved assemblages of the late-18th and early-19th century urban architecture.

Bellevue

Neighborhood

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Bellevue is a residential neighborhood in far Southeast and Southwest in Washington, D.C., United States. It is bounded by South Capitol Street, one block of Atlantic Street SE, and 1st Streets SE and SW to the north and east; Joliet Street SW and Oxon Run Parkway to the south; Martin Luther King Jr. Bellevue is situated 2 miles east of Potomac River Substation.

Potomac River Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Alexandria, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.82081° or 38° 49′ 15″ north

Longitude

-77.04218° or 77° 2′ 32″ west

Open location code

87C4RXC5+84

OpenStreetMap ID

way 73989207

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include PY Plaza East and Chetworth Park.

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