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The Knox Mine disaster was a mining accident on January 22, 1959, at the River Slope Mine, an anthracite coal mine, in Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania. The Susquehanna River broke through the ceiling and flooded the mine. Twelve miners were killed. The accident marked nearly the end of deep mining in the northern anthracite field of Pennsylvania.
A bridge crosses the Susquehanna at Owego, New York. Today 200 bridges cross the Susquehanna. The Rockville Bridge, which crosses the river from Harrisburg to Marysville, Pennsylvania, is the longest stone masonry arch bridge in the world. It was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1902, replacing an earlier iron bridge. Two seasonal ferries ...
It happened on the Susquehanna River in Londonderry Township, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The reactor accident began at 4:00 a.m. on March 28, 1979, and released radioactive gases and radioactive iodine into the environment. [2] [3] It is the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history. [4]
A crash involving a stolen car and a downed utility pole closed Route 17 in both directions Friday morning near Saddle River, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation and police.
More Susquehanna River parks: Wizard Ranch Nature Preserve in Hellam Township opens to the public with 2 hiking trails. ... USA TODAY Sports. Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans will be safe, NFL says ...
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The plant was the site of the most significant accident in United States commercial nuclear energy when, on March 28, 1979, TMI-2 suffered a partial meltdown. According to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) report, the accident resulted in no deaths or injuries to plant workers or in nearby communities. [7]
Brigadier General Barnie B. McEntire, Jr., commander of the South Carolina Air National Guard, was killed when his Lockheed F-104A Starfighter, 56-0853, suffered engine failure on take off from Olmsted Air Force Base, Pennsylvania; he stayed with the jet to crash into the Susquehanna River rather than risk it crashing into populated areas of ...