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Philadelphia's application to place the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot on the National Register of Historic Places was reviewed by the Historic Preservation Board of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission at its meeting on October 6, 2009, along with applications for: the Hamburg Historic District in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, the Hamnett Historic District in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania ...
Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge is a wrought iron, two-track, deck truss swing bridge across the Schuylkill River between the University City and Grays Ferry neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1885–86 by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Today, its swing span has been fixed shut, and the electrical catenary de-energized.
At Arsenal Interlocking, on the west side of the Schuylkill, a branch runs southwest alongside Amtrak's Northeast Corridor to a junction with the Philadelphia Subdivision near Lindbergh Boulevard. The main line heads north from Arsenal, rises onto the elevated structure, and crosses to the west side of the Northeast Corridor.
Philadelphia's Schuylkill Arsenal was the US Army's main source for uniforms. Hundreds of workers in Philadelphia made parts of the uniforms in their homes to be assembled at the arsenal. [13] The Frankford Arsenal manufactured munitions and the Sharp and Rankin's factory-made breech-loading rifles.
The Schuylkill Expressway (/ ˈskuːkəl / SKOO-kəl), [2] locally known as " the Schuylkill ", is a freeway through southern Montgomery County and Philadelphia. It is the easternmost segment of Interstate 76 (I-76) in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It extends from the Valley Forge interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in King of Prussia ...
The Schuylkill River (/ ˈskuːlkɪl / SKOOL-kil, [1] locally / ˈskuːkəl / SKOO-kəl) [2] is a river in eastern Pennsylvania. It flows for 135 miles (217 km) [3] from Pottsville southeast to Philadelphia, where it joins the Delaware River as one of its largest tributaries. The river's watershed of about 2,000 sq mi (5,180 km 2) lies entirely ...
The PRR's original 1915 electrification made use of four substations at Arsenal Bridge, West Philadelphia, Bryn Mawr, and Paoli. [13] The Arsenal Bridge substation stepped-up 13.2 kV, 25 Hz power supplied from PECO's Schuylkill power station on Christian Street to 44 kV for distribution.
Grays Ferry, also known as Gray's Ferry, is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, bounded (roughly) by 25th Street on the east, the Schuylkill River on the west, Vare Avenue on the south, and Grays Ferry Avenue on the north. [1] The section of this neighborhood west of 34th Street is also known as Forgotten Bottom.