Carborundum Substation

Carborundum Substation is an electrical substation in City of Vancouver, Clark County, Washington. Carborundum Substation is situated nearby to Stormwater Bio-filtration System, as well as near the pier Berth 5.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vancouver station and BNSF Railway Bridge 9.6.

Vancouver station

Railway station

Photo: mulmatsherm, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Vancouver station is an Amtrak intercity rail station in Vancouver, Washington, United States. The station is served by four daily round trips of the Cascades, the daily Coast Starlight, and the daily Portland section of the Empire Builder. Vancouver station is situated 1 mile southeast of Carborundum Substation.

BNSF Railway Bridge 9.6

Bridge

Photo: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The BNSF Railway Bridge 9.6, also known as the Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge 9.6 or the Columbia River Railroad Bridge, is a through truss railway bridge across the Columbia River, between Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, owned and operated by BNSF Railway. BNSF Railway Bridge 9.6 is situated 1 mile south of Carborundum Substation.

Clark County Historical Museum

Museum

Photo: Werewombat, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Clark County Historical Museum, Vancouver, Washington, is located in a 1909 Carnegie library and is operated by the Clark County Historical Society, established in 1917. Clark County Historical Museum is situated 1¼ miles east of Carborundum Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vancouver and Officers Row.

Vancouver

Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Vancouver is a city in southwest Washington State, immediately north of the border with Oregon. The city was established around Fort Vancouver, a fur trading outpost dating back to 1824, making this one of the oldest continuously-inhabited European communities in the Pacific Northwest.

Officers Row

Locality

Photo: Sjordi, CC BY 2.5.

Officers Row, a part of the Vancouver National Historic Reserve Historic District, is a congregation of 21 of the former homes of U.S. military officers stationed at the Vancouver Barracks in Vancouver, Washington. Officers Row is situated 2 miles east of Carborundum Substation.

Hayden Island

Suburb

Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hayden Island is an island in the Columbia River between Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. The wide main channel of the Columbia passes north of the island. Hayden Island is situated 2 miles southeast of Carborundum Substation.

Carborundum Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: City of Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

45.63778° or 45° 38′ 16″ north

Longitude

-122.69872° or 122° 41′ 55″ west

Operator

Bonneville Power Administration

Open location code

84QVJ8Q2+4G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 93814035

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