Captain Daniel Dobbins

Historical marker location:

Erie, Pennsylvania

( Marker is at the intersection of State Street and Dobbins Landing, in the median on State Street.)

Marker installed: 2003

(1776 - 1856).

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.