Breakneck Creek

Breakneck Creek
Breakneck Creek seen from a bridge in Mars, Pennsylvania.
Map
Location
CountryUnited States of America
StatePennsylvania
CitiesValencia, PA, Mars, PA, Callery, PA, Evans City, PA
Physical characteristics
SourceBakerstown Hill
 • locationBakerstown, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates40°39′38″N 79°58′36″W / 40.66056°N 79.97667°W / 40.66056; -79.97667[1]
 • elevation1,290 ft (390 m)
MouthConnoquenessing Creek
 • location
Eidenau, Butler County, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates
40°47′51″N 80°05′52″W / 40.79750°N 80.09778°W / 40.79750; -80.09778[1]
 • elevation
902 ft (275 m)
Basin features
ProgressionConnoquenessing Creek → Beaver River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
Tributaries 
 • leftKaufman Run, Wolfe Run

Breakneck Creek is a tributary of Connoquenessing Creek that flows in a northwardly direction in Western Pennsylvania. It forms in the village of Bakerstown in Allegheny County[2] then flows northwest through the borough of Valencia in Butler County.

From there, it continues northwest through the boroughs of Mars, Callery, and Evans City. Breakneck flows a few more miles until it reaches the village of Eidenau where it flows into Connoquenessing Creek.

History

The only known train station to span a waterway was located in Evans City. The Evans City Station was constructed on a platform above Breakneck in downtown. This structure was included in the Ripley's Believe It or Not! archive. The building is no longer standing.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Breakneck Creek
  2. ^ An Historical Gazetteer of Butler County, Pennsylvania, pp. 113.
  3. ^ Cole, pp. 120.
  4. ^ Parisi, pp. 105.

Sources

  • An Historical Gazetteer of Butler County, Pennsylvania, Mechling Bookbindery., 2006, ISBN 978-0-9760563-9-3.
  • Cole, Wayne A., Ghost Rails VI Harmony Route, ColeBooks, 2009, ISBN 0-9727397-5-0.
  • Parisi, Larry D., Butler County, Arcadia Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-7385-3517-6.

See also