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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5PN_nuclear-accident-at-three-mile-island_Middletown-PA.html
On March 28, 1979, and for several days thereafter — as a result of technical malfunctions and human error — Three Mile Island's Unit 2 Nuclear Generating Station was the scene of the nation's worst commercial nuclear accident. Radiati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4E4_revolutionary-war-monument_Middletown-PA.html
Erected byCommonwealth of Pennsylvaniaand the Swatara-Pine Ford Chapterof the Daughters of the American RevolutionThis tablet is in commemoration of the services of Revolutionary War soldiers buried atMiddletown or immediate vicinity. This marker …
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Cornerstone laid July 13, 1767, and dedicated in 1769 by Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, patriarch of American Lutheranism. Church erected on ground provided by George Fisher, the founder of Middletown, for annual rental of "one grain of wheat."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4DZ_union-canal_Middletown-PA.html
This canal was operated from 1828-1884. It connected the Susquehanna at Middletown with the Schuylkill at Reading, following the Swatara and Tulpehocken Creeks. Much coal and iron ore were transported. Course of canal was just west of old mill race.
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The oldest town in Dauphin County; laid out in 1755 by George Fisher, Quaker. It was an important port at the junction of the Pennsylvania and Union Canals in the 19th century. Site of early flour, lumber, and iron industries.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4DX_camp-george-gordon-meade_Middletown-PA.html
Covering three square miles, the former Camp Meade was situated a half mile to the northwest. Named for famed Civil War General, it was opened during the Spanish-American War and visited by President William McKinley on August 27, 1898.
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Col. James Burd of "Tinian", able and gallant officer in the colonial wars, author of the Middletown Resolves for Independence, June 1774, and wife, Sarah Shippen, lie buried near the entrance of Middletown Cemetery.