Beaver County Industrial Museum
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WHAT’S NEW
Thanks to everyone who attended our Forging a Nation event on August 29th! It was a great way to wrap up our summer season and our America250 celebration.
We hope to see you this winter for our holiday tour, which is being offered in cooperation with our friends and neighbors at the Little Beaver Historical Society.
The Beaver County History Coalition's 2027 theme is “School Days.” Our 2027 special exhibit will feature the connection between our local schools and companies like J&L Steel and HC Fry Glass.
Beginning with Beaver County History Weekend, May 1 & 2, 2027, all of our displays are available to view from 1pm to 4:30pm each Sunday, May through August.
We will also be open on Saturday, May 29 and Sunday, May 30 for Darlington Days.
The original Shippingport Atomic Power Station located in Shippingport, Beaver County, Pa. was the first large-scale, central-station nuclear power plant in the United States and the first plant of such size in the world that was operated solely to produce electric power. This program was started in 1953 to confirm the practical application of nuclear power for large-scale electric power generation. It has provided much of the technology being used for the design and operation of today's commercial, central-station nuclear power plants.
The reactor reached criticality on December 2, 1957 and remained in operation until October 1982. The first electrical power was produced on December 18, 1957 as engineers synchronized the plant with the distribution grid of the Duquesne Light Company.
We initially brought the Shippingport Atomic Power Station exhibit to the public as a temporary exhibit in 2014. However, due to the overwhelmingly positive response to the exhibit, we have made this a part of our permanent displays.
Look under "What's New?" below for news and events.
SHIPPINGPORT ATOMIC POWER STATION 1957
THE WORLD'S FIRST COMMERCIAL
ATOMIC POWER STATION
