Breakneck Creek

Breakneck Creek
Breakneck Creek seen from a bridge in Mars, Pennsylvania.
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
 • 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
 • 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 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.

References

  1. 1 2 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.

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