ZOO Interlocking Tower (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
USA /
Pennsylvania /
Tioga /
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
World
/ USA
/ Pennsylvania
/ Tioga
World / United States / Pennsylvania
railway, interlocking tower
Zoo interlocking tower. Active tower for the Northeast and Keystone Corridor main lines. 230 lever US&S Model 14 interlocking machine. Built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1934.
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Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°58'16"N 75°11'56"W
- Fairmount Park Trolley (Abandoned) 4.5 km
- Reading Co. Port Richmond (Defunct) 6.6 km
- North Penn Railroad ROW/Reading North Penn Line to old Berks St. Depot (abandoned) 9 km
- Reading Frankford Branch (Abandoned) 11 km
- PRR Bustleton Branch (Abandoned) 14 km
- PRR Cresheim Valley/Fort Washington Branch (Abandoned) 18 km
- PRR Main Line (Northeast Corridor) - Original Alignment 31 km
- PRR Trenton Cutoff (Original Grade) (Abandoned) 31 km
- Norfolk Southern Morrisville Yard 38 km
- Reading Trenton Branch (Mostly Abandoned) 46 km
- Philadelphia Zoo 0.3 km
- Mantua 0.6 km
- Powelton Village 1.4 km
- West Powelton/Saunders Park 1.4 km
- Parkside 1.4 km
- Fairmount Park 1.4 km
- Drexel University 1.8 km
- University City 2 km
- West Philadelphia 2.8 km
- North Philadelphia 3.8 km