Shawmont Waterworks (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

USA / Pennsylvania / Lower Merion / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 abandoned / shut down, historical layer / disappeared object, waterworks plant / water supply plant
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This huge buildings is just off the highly travelled Schuylkill River Trail. The building is roughly the same size as the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts at Broad and Cherry, but this buildings is sitting vacant. It is located along one of the last publicly owned sections of waterfront in the Philadelphia area. The Waterworks took water from the pool behind Flat Rock Dam and pumped it up to the Roxborough Reservoir.

Demolished in 2011.

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Coordinates:   40°2'34"N   75°14'55"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago