Allegheny Creek is an 11.3-mile-long (18.2 km)[6] tributary of the Schuylkill River in Berks County, Pennsylvania in the United States.
Allegheny Creek Tributary to Schuykill River | |
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![]() Allegheny Creek at Allegheny Aqueduct in Gibraltar, Pennsylvania. | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Berks |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Muddy Creek divide |
• location | about 1.5 miles south of Alleghenyville, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°14′21″N 075°59′32″W[1] |
• elevation | 640 ft (200 m)[2] |
Mouth | Schuylkill River |
• location | Gibraltar, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°17′20″N 075°52′31″W[1] |
• elevation | 154 ft (47 m)[3] |
Length | 10.84 mi (17.45 km)[4] |
Basin size | 17.85 square miles (46.2 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Schuylkill River |
• average | 27.25 cu ft/s (0.772 m3/s) at mouth with Allegheny Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Schuylkill River → Delaware River → Delaware Bay → → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Schuylkill River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | Sleepy Hollow Run |
Waterbodies | Green Hills Lake |
Bridges | PA 568, Horning Road, Maple Grove Road, Gebhart School Road, Hartz Store Road, Gunhart Road, I-76, PA 10, Seton Road, PA 568, Evergreen Road, Everts Lane, Tumbleweed Way, White Bear Way, Green Hills Road, Old River Way |
Allegheny Creek joins the Schuylkill River at the village of Gibraltar.
It is crossed by the Allegheny Aqueduct, built as part of the Schuylkill Canal in 1824.
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