Historical Marker
Thomas Butler
Historical marker location:
121 W. High Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
( Marker is on High Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1949
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.