Historical Marker
Fort Penn
Historical marker location:
530 Main Street, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
( Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 209) near 6th Street, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1967
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.