Showing posts with label Pa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pa. Show all posts

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Balls Mills, Lycoming County Pennsylvania

 
This mill at Balls Mills was one of the last standing.  It was torn down in 1969

Balls Mills, Hepburn Township, Lycoming County Pa
According to Wikipedia:

"Balls Mills is an unincorporated community on Route 973 in Hepburn Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.[1] It is located seven miles north of Williamsport on Mill Creek, which flows southwest into the Lycoming Creek. English immigrant John Ball founded a saw mill in the village in the 1790s and, after he drowned, his son Bill Ball opened a wool mill and named the place Balls Mills with the apostrophe omitted.  Blooming Grove Road provides access to Williamsport, where it becomes Market Street. The village uses the Cogan Station zip code of 17728"

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Aerial View Of PP& L Plant Construction in Shamokin Dam


Construction of the PP& L Plant in Shamokin Dam, Summer of 1948

 The completed PPL plant in Shamokin Dam went into service on August 17 1949 , becoming the world's largest anthracite-burning steam-generation power plant.