Dark Hollow Run (Delaware River tributary)

Dark Hollow Run
	Dark Hollow Run
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Bucks
Township	Solebury
Physical characteristics
Main source	300 feet (91 m); 40°20′29″N 74°58′4″W / 40.34139°N 74.96778°W
River mouth	62 feet (19 m); 40°21′27″N 74°56′57″W / 40.35750°N 74.94917°WCoordinates: 40°21′27″N 74°56′57″W / 40.35750°N 74.94917°W
Length	1.54 miles (2.48 km)
Basin features
Progression	Dark Hollow Run → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River system	Delaware River
Basin size	71 square miles (180 km2)
Bridges	Aquetong Road; South Sugan Road; Pennsylvania Route 32 (River Road)
Slope	154.55 feet per mile (29.271 m/km)

This article is about the water feature in Pennsylvania. For other Dark Hollow articles, see Dark Hollow disambiguation page.

Dark Hollow Run is a tributary of the Delaware River contained wholly within Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, meeting with the Delaware south of New Hope.

History

A branch line of the Postal Telegraph Company was connected with the main line from Trenton, NJ, in the summer of 1888.^[1]

Statistics

The Geographic Name Information System I.D. is 1172941, ^[2] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 03034. ^[3]

Course

Dark Hollow Run rises south of Aquetong Road at an elevation of 300 feet (91 m) and runs for about a mile and a half to its confluence with the Delaware River at the river's 148.20 River Mile at an elevation of 62 feet (19 m), resulting in an average slope of 154.55 feet per mile (29.271 m/km).^[2]

Municipalities

Bucks County
- Solebury Township

Crossings and Bridges

Pennsylvania Route 32 (River Road)-NBI structure number 6792, bridge is 8 metres (26 ft) long concrete Tee Beam constructed 1959.^[4]
South Sugan Road
Aquetong Road

References

↑ MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P96.
1 2 "GNIS Feature Search". geonames.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
↑ http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf, page 51
↑ "The National Bridge Inventory Database". nationalbridges.com. U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

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[MacReynolds-1] MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P96.

[GNIS-2] 1 2 "GNIS Feature Search". geonames.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[Gazetteer-3] ttp://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf, page 51

[4] "The National Bridge Inventory Database". nationalbridges.com. U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 16 September 2017.