Flat Rock Dam, Philadelphia

Name: Flat Rock Dam
Address: Philadelphia, United States

#610 among attractions in Philadelphia

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Facts and practical information

The Flat Rock Dam is an earthen dam across the Schuylkill River. The river flows through the dam at a rate of about 2540 CFS. A future hydroelectric project plans to place turbines to generate 1.5 MW of electricity. ()

Coordinates: 40°2'23"N, 75°14'49"W

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Lower Northwest (Dearnley Park)Philadelphia United States

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Flat Rock Dam – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Green Lane Bridge, Manayunk Bridge, Manayunk, Flat Rock Tunnel.

1.4 miSE
Bridge
Green Lane Bridge, Philadelphia
35 min walk • The Green Lane Bridge is a concrete arch bridge over the Schuylkill River and carries Green Lane in Philadelphia. The bridge connects Belmont Hills with Manayunk.
1.5 miSE
Bridge
Manayunk Bridge, Philadelphia
38 min walk • The Manayunk Bridge is an S-shaped former railroad bridge over the Schuylkill River, Schuylkill Canal and Schuylkill Expressway, that connects Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County and the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1.5 miSE
Neighbourhood, Neoclassical architecture
Manayunk, Philadelphia
40 min walk • Manayunk is a neighborhood in the section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania. Located adjacent to the neighborhoods of Roxborough and Wissahickon and also on the banks of the Schuylkill River, Manayunk contains the first canal begun in the United States.
~1800 ftSE
Tunnel
Flat Rock Tunnel, Philadelphia
9 min walk • The Flat Rock Tunnel is an active railroad tunnel located on Norfolk Southern's Harrisburg Line near Manayunk, Pennsylvania, United States. The tunnel was built by the Reading Railroad for its line along the Schuylkill River. Construction of the tunnel started in 1836 and it opened in 1840.
1 miN
Neighbourhood
Roxborough, Philadelphia
26 min walk • Roxborough is a neighborhood in the Northwest section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is bordered to the southwest, along the Schuylkill River, by the neighborhood of Manayunk, along the northeast by the Wissahickon Creek section of Fairmount Park, and to the southeast by the neighborhood of East Falls.