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Old Haverford Friends' Meeting. PHMC state historical marker dedicated on Friday, October 24, 1975. At SR 1005 (E. Eagle Rd.) at St. Denis Ave., Havertown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.  39.991°N 75.3048°W Historical themes: Religion, William Penn.  Quaker meeting founded 1683, but earliest part of current building built 1700. William Penn visited in 1699.
A "Brilliner" tram, car 7, on the former Ardmore line of the Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company, at Belmont Avenue in December 1966.
Boulevard Theater 1928
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Havertown

Pennsylvania, United States · North America

About Havertown

Havertown is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Drexel Hill, 10km from Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum.

Havertown is in Pennsylvania, United States, with about 50,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Drexel Hill, about 4 km away.

Havertown Superfund is a 13-acre polluted groundwater site in Havertown, Pennsylvania contaminated by the dumping of industrial waste by National Wood Preservers from 1947 to 1991. The state first became aware of the pollution in 1962 and initiated legal action against the owners in 1973 to force them to cleanup the

Read more site. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ranked the site the eighth worst cleanup project in the United States. The site was added to the National Priorities List in 1983 and designated as a Superfund cleanup site in the early 1990s. Remediation and monitoring efforts are ongoing and the EPA transferred control of the site to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in 2013. The site was deemed to be "short-term protective of human health and the environment" in the sixth five-year report conducted by the EPA in 2020.

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Within an hour or so of Havertown: Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum (10 km), Independence Hall, Philadelphia (14 km), Liberty Bell (14 km).

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Havertown is in Pennsylvania, United States, about 4 km from Drexel Hill.

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Quick Information

Population
50,430
Continent
North America
Country
United States
Region
Pennsylvania
Timezone
America/New_York
Coordinates
39.9809, -75.3085

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911
Ambulance
911
Fire
911
Driving side
right

AAA roadside assistance: 1-800-222-4357. Right turn on red is legal in most states unless signed otherwise.

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Worth the detour from Havertown

3 notable places within an hour's drive.

museum

Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum

One of the world's greatest collections of racing sports cars, with rare vehicles that actually compete in demonstration days.

10 km · about 20 min drive

landmark

Independence Hall, Philadelphia

The birthplace of American democracy where the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution were debated and adopted.

14 km · about 25 min drive

landmark

Liberty Bell

Iconic cracked bell in Philadelphia that rang to mark the reading of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

14 km · about 25 min drive

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