Philadelphia Water Department Torresdale Pumping Station

Philadelphia Water Department Torresdale Pumping Station is in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Water Department Torresdale Pumping Station is situated near the college Philadelphia Police Academy, as well as near the sports venue Holmesburg Fish & Game.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Saint Dominic Roman Catholic Church and Frankford Avenue Bridge.

Saint Dominic Roman Catholic Church

Church

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Saint Dominic Roman Catholic Church is situated 3,900 feet northwest of Philadelphia Water Department Torresdale Pumping Station.

Frankford Avenue Bridge

Bridge

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The Frankford Avenue Bridge, also known as the Pennypack Creek Bridge, the Pennypack Bridge, the Holmesburg Bridge, and the King's Highway Bridge, erected in 1697 in the Holmesburg section of Northeast Philadelphia, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is the oldest surviving roadway bridge in the United States. Frankford Avenue Bridge is situated 4,200 feet northwest of Philadelphia Water Department Torresdale Pumping Station.

Holmesburg Junction station

Railway station

Photo: Mitchazenia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Holmesburg Junction station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Rhawn and Decatur Streets in the Holmesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, it serves the Trenton Line. Holmesburg Junction station is situated 1 mile southwest of Philadelphia Water Department Torresdale Pumping Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Upper Holmesburg and Holmesburg.

Upper Holmesburg

Neighborhood

Upper Holmesburg is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along the Delaware River and Pennypack Creek, from Frankford Avenue to Willits Road.

Holmesburg

Neighborhood

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Holmesburg is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It began as a village within Lower Dublin Township, Pennsylvania, and was named in honor of Surveyor General of Pennsylvania Thomas Holme, a cartographer who devised the street plan for central Philadelphia.

Torresdale

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Torresdale, also formerly known as Torrisdale, is a neighborhood in the Far Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Torresdale is located along the Delaware River between Holmesburg and Bensalem Township in neighboring Bucks County.

Philadelphia Water Department Torresdale Pumping Station

Type: Industry
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.03822° or 40° 2′ 18″ north

Longitude

-75.00747° or 75° 0′ 27″ west

Open location code

87G62XQV+72

OpenStreetMap ID

way 794991220

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Philadelphia Police Academy and Philadelphia Police Academy Gun Range.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Philadelphia Water Department Torresdale Pumping Station and Torresdale High Service Pumping Station (Decommissioned).

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