Christiana Power Plant

Christiana Power Plant is a power station in Delaware, Mid-Atlantic. Christiana Power Plant is situated nearby to Barbara Hicks Park, as well as near Winston Truitt Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Holy Trinity Church and Fort Christina.

Holy Trinity Church

Museum

Photo: Smallbones, CC0.

Holy Trinity Church, also known as Old Swedes, is a historic church at East 7th and Church Street in Wilmington, Delaware. It was consecrated on Trinity Sunday, June 4, 1699, by a predominantly Swedish congregation formerly of the colony of New Sweden. Holy Trinity Church is situated 3,000 feet north of Christiana Power Plant.

Fort Christina

Monument

Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Christina, also called Fort Altena, was the first Swedish settlement in North America and the principal settlement of the New Sweden colony. Built in 1638 and named after Christina, Queen of Sweden, it was located approximately 1 mi east of the… Fort Christina is situated 2,200 feet north of Christiana Power Plant.

Pennsylvania Station

Railway station

Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wilmington station, also known as the Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Railroad Station, is a passenger rail station in Wilmington, Delaware. It serves nine Amtrak train routes and is part of the Northeast Corridor. Pennsylvania Station is situated 1 mile northwest of Christiana Power Plant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wilmington and Lower Market Street Historic District.

Wilmington

Photo: xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0.

Wilmington is the largest city in Delaware, though still small by U.S. standards with a population of only 70,000. Due to the state's business-friendly laws, Wilmington is something of a center for businesses, with an incredible number of American corporations incorporated in the city.

Lower Market Street Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Lower Market Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 132 contributing buildings the central business district of Wilmington.

Landlith

Hamlet

The Wilmington Rail Viaduct is a series of fills and bridges, about 4 miles long, that carries the Northeast Corridor through the city of Wilmington, Delaware, above street level.

Christiana Power Plant

Type: Power station
Category: industry
Location: Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.73065° or 39° 43′ 50″ north

Longitude

-75.53705° or 75° 32′ 13″ west

Inception

June 1973

Operator

Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation LLC

Open location code

87F6PFJ7+75

OpenStreetMap ID

way 882858147

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Barbara Hicks Park and Winston Truitt Park.

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