Breakneck Creek

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Breakneck Creek
Breakneck Creek at Mars.jpg
Breakneck Creek seen from a bridge in Mars, Pennsylvania.
Location
Country United States of America
State Pennsylvania
Cities Valencia, PA, Mars, PA, Callery, PA, Evans City, PA
Physical characteristics
SourceBakerstown Hill
  location Bakerstown, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
  coordinates 40°39′38″N79°58′36″W / 40.66056°N 79.97667°W / 40.66056; -79.97667 [1]
  elevation1,290 ft (390 m)
Mouth Connoquenessing Creek
  location
Eidenau, Butler County, Pennsylvania
  coordinates
40°47′51″N80°05′52″W / 40.79750°N 80.09778°W / 40.79750; -80.09778 [1]
  elevation
902 ft (275 m)
Basin features
Progression Connoquenessing CreekBeaver RiverOhio RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
Tributaries 
  left Kaufman 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.

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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]

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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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