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The Keystone Generating Station is a 1.71-gigawatt (1,711 MW), coal power plant located on roughly 1,500 acres (610 ha) in Plumcreek Township, southeastern Armstrong County, Pennsylvania near Crooked Creek, just west of Shelocta, Pennsylvania. The plant was built in 1967, and expanded in 1968.
The power plant will close by or before December 31, 2028, as a result of a new federal wastewater rule that prohibits coal power plants from dumping toxic elements such as mercury, arsenic, and selenium into streams and rivers, along with the Keystone Generating Station and at least 24 other power plants in 14 states. [1] [2]
The nickname "Keystone State" originates with the agricultural and architectural term "keystone", and is based on the central role that Pennsylvania played geographically and functionally among the original Thirteen Colonies from which the nation was established, the important founding documents, including the Declaration of Independence and U ...
The Keystone Camera Company was an American manufacturer of consumer photographic equipment that began in 1919 in Boston. [1] Notable products were Movie cameras, 126 and 110 cameras with built-in electronic flash (the "Everflash" series). In the 1930s, the firm built low cost 16mm cameras that are still in use today.
For more information on Keystone Mission and its programs, visit www.keystonemission.org or call 570-871 — 4795. Reach Bill O'Boyle at 570-991-6118 or on Twitter @TLBillOBoyle. Show comments
Keystone State Park is a 1,200-acre (486 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Located off U.S. Route 22 near New Alexandria , the park opened in 1945.
Interstate 476 (I-476) is a 132.1-mile (212.6 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway of I-76 in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.The highway runs from I-95 near Chester north to I-81 near Scranton, serving as the primary north–south Interstate corridor through eastern Pennsylvania.
Keystone symbols displayed at a military parade in 1899 (the symbols are described as being white, on a blue field, with red letters). In September 1899, a military parade in Philadelphia featured a choir of 3,200 school-children and teachers that were arranged to display three keystone symbols with the letters "GAR" on them (standing for Grand army of the Republic).