Turtle Creek (Pennsylvania)

Turtle Creek (Pennsylvania)

Turtle Creek is a tributary of the Monongahela River that runs from its headwaters in Delmont, Westmoreland County to its mouth at the Monongahela River in North Versailles, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. In the mid-nineteenth century, the Pennsylvania Railroad laid tracks along the creek as it built its line from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.

ee also

*List of rivers in Pennsylvania


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