Wanamakers, Pennsylvania

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Wanamakers (2012)

Wanamakers is an unincorporated community in Lehigh County , Pennsylvania, co-administered by Lynn Township .

Wanamakers was founded in 1791 by Philip Wanamaker. His son Christian Wanamaker ran a mill in the village.

A train station on the Berks County Railroad opened in 1874. Regular passenger traffic ended in 1949. The station is the terminus of the Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad museum railroad .

geography

Wanamakers is on the north bank of Ontelaunee Creek . To the northeast of the village is Leaser Lake , south of the 331 m high Spitzberg Hill .

Neighboring communities

Tamaqua Hazleton Palmerton
Pottsville Neighboring communities Bethlehem
Hamburg Trexlertown Trexlertown

Infrastructure and transport links

Wanamakers is connected to the American road network via the PA 143 .

Picture gallery

  • Railway Station (2012)

  • Railway Station (2008)

  • Museum Railway (2006)

  • Residential building (2012)

  • Residential building (2012)

  • Residential building (2012)

  • Residential building (2012)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wanamakers according to Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ Lehigh County, Pennsylvania: Lynn . Retrieved October 11, 2008.

Coordinates: 40 ° 40 ′  N , 75 ° 51 ′  W