General George Washington

Historical marker location:

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

( Marker is at the intersection of State Street (Business U.S. 202) and Orchard Street, on the left when traveling east on State Street.)

Marker installed: 1933

Pennsylvania was the site of the deadliest nuclear accident in U.S. history. In 1979, a partial meltdown occurred at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.