"Three Mile Island accident The Three Mile Island accident occurred on March 28, 1979, in reactor number 2 of Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station (TMI-2) in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg. It was the most significant accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history. The incident was rated a five on the seven-point International Nuclear Event Scale: Accident with wider consequences. The accident began with failures in the non-nuclear secondary system, followed by a stuck-open pilot-operated relief valve in the primary system, which allowed large amounts of nuclear reactor coolant to escape. The mechanical failures were compounded by the"
"2014. Three Mile Island (Lake Winnipesaukee) Three Mile Island is an island on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, located three miles from the town of Center Harbor. It has been owned by the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) since 1900 and is run as a full-service camp during the summer. Three Mile Island covers an area of and is approximately long, wide, and around. The highest point on the island, a ridge running north to south, is between and above the water line. The shoreline is mostly stone, although there are at least three small sandy beaches. There are no major"
"Three Mile Island (Lake Winnipesaukee) Three Mile Island is an island on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, located three miles from the town of Center Harbor. It has been owned by the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) since 1900 and is run as a full-service camp during the summer. Three Mile Island covers an area of and is approximately long, wide, and around. The highest point on the island, a ridge running north to south, is between and above the water line. The shoreline is mostly stone, although there are at least three small sandy beaches. There are no major bodies"
"Census Bureau, the Three Mile Bay CDP has an area of , all of it recorded as land. Three Mile Bay, New York Three Mile Bay is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Lyme in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The elevation is .<ref name=""http://newyork.hometownlocator.com/ny/jefferson/three-mile-bay.cfm ""></ref> As of the 2010 census it had a population of 227. The hamlet has its own post office, a volunteer fire company, and boat launches for fishing and recreation in the various outlying bays that draw from Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence seaway. The community was settled between"
"Three Mile Bay, New York Three Mile Bay is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Lyme in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The elevation is .<ref name=""http://newyork.hometownlocator.com/ny/jefferson/three-mile-bay.cfm ""></ref> As of the 2010 census it had a population of 227. The hamlet has its own post office, a volunteer fire company, and boat launches for fishing and recreation in the various outlying bays that draw from Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence seaway. The community was settled between 1810 and 1820. Early resident Asa Wilcox built 48 brigs, propellers, schooners, and other seafaring vessels from 1835"
"transferred to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in 2011 with plans for them to manage the island as a Wildlife Management Area. The island became part of the Three Mile Bay Wildlife Management Area. Frenchman Island Frenchman Island (also known as Frenchman's Island) is a island located in Oneida Lake in Oswego County, New York, United States. It was known historically as ""Seven Mile Island"" during the American Revolution and by the Onondaga people as ""Kah-wha-nah-kee"". Though it was once home to a popular resort, the island is today uninhabited and largely undeveloped, with the exception of"
"to 1853. Some of these vessels, like the ""A.E. Vickery"", ultimately joined the more than 500 shipwrecked vessels now resting at the bottom of the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario.<ref name=""http://www.divetech.ca/vickery.htm""></ref><ref name=""http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=9780738563107""></ref> Three Mile Bay is in western Jefferson County, at the head of a bay of the same name, an inlet to Chaumont Bay of Lake Ontario. The community is in the western part of the town of Lyme along New York State Route 12E, which leads northwest to Cape Vincent on the St. Lawrence River and southeast to Watertown, the Jefferson county seat. According to the U.S."
"Three Mile River The Three Mile River or Threemile River is a river in Bristol County, Massachusetts. It is formed by the junction of the Rumford and Wading rivers in the town of Norton. It flows in a southeasterly direction for through the towns of Norton, Taunton and Dighton, where it joins the Taunton River. On August 25, 2008, the Three Mile Watershed was designated an Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). The ACEC designation imparts certain protections and restrictions within a designated area relating to new development and other human"
"activities. Three Mile River The Three Mile River or Threemile River is a river in Bristol County, Massachusetts. It is formed by the junction of the Rumford and Wading rivers in the town of Norton. It flows in a southeasterly direction for through the towns of Norton, Taunton and Dighton, where it joins the Taunton River. On August 25, 2008, the Three Mile Watershed was designated an Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). The ACEC designation imparts certain protections and restrictions within a designated area relating to new development and other"
"Seven Mile Island Seven Mile Island or Seven Mile Beach is the name of a barrier island on the Jersey Shore in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It is divided between the boroughs of Avalon to the north, from 6th to 80th Streets, and Stone Harbor to the south, from 80th Street to Hereford Inlet. The island is 7½ miles long, and is three to four blocks wide. Known as Leaming's Island in 1722, when the first purchase of its was recorded, its dunes, woodlands and beaches were purchased for the equivalent of $380. Seven Mile Island is"
"serve 10 months. The couple was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release following completion of their prison sentences. Federal Correctional Institution, Three Rivers The Federal Correctional Institution, Three Rivers (FCI Three Rivers) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Texas. It is operated by Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp which houses minimum-security male offenders. FCI Three Rivers is approximately 80 miles south of San Antonio and 73 miles northwest of Corpus Christi. In 2008, a riot"
"Frenchman Island Frenchman Island (also known as Frenchman's Island) is a island located in Oneida Lake in Oswego County, New York, United States. It was known historically as ""Seven Mile Island"" during the American Revolution and by the Onondaga people as ""Kah-wha-nah-kee"". Though it was once home to a popular resort, the island is today uninhabited and largely undeveloped, with the exception of an active lighthouse. The island is open to the public for recreational use, however it can only be reached by boat. Frenchman Island derives its name from a legend describing the island's first colonial inhabitants. The story"
"Mile Island also located along the Ohio river. The Great Steamboat Race during the Kentucky Derby Festival turns around at Six Mile Island as the halfway marker during the race. Six Mile Island State Nature Preserve Six Mile Island is a nature preserve in Louisville, Kentucky located on the Ohio River. The Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves owns and manages the preserve and was dedicated June 24, 1979. The reserve is an undeveloped riverine island and is known for its extensive variety of waterbirds. Even though the preserve has a variety of birds, not many people visit the island as"
"Three Lakes, Washington Three Lakes is a census-designated place (CDP) in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,184 at the 2010 census. Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Three Lakes ranks 56th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked. Three Lakes is located at (47.937842, -121.994962). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 10.2 square miles (26.4 km²), of which, 9.8 square miles (25.4 km²) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km²) of it (3.92%) is water."
"Six Mile Island State Nature Preserve Six Mile Island is a nature preserve in Louisville, Kentucky located on the Ohio River. The Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves owns and manages the preserve and was dedicated June 24, 1979. The reserve is an undeveloped riverine island and is known for its extensive variety of waterbirds. Even though the preserve has a variety of birds, not many people visit the island as the only access is by boat. The island received its name Six Mile Island for its distance from the Falls of the Ohio much like Fourteen Mile Creek and Twelve"
"Hart-Miller Island State Park Hart-Miller Island State Park is a state-owned, public recreation area located on Hart-Miller Island, a man-made landfill linking three natural Chesapeake Bay islands—Hart, Miller, and Pleasure—near the mouth of Middle River in Maryland. The state park is accessible only by boat. Pleasure Island hosted the New Bay Shore amusement park from the late 1940s until it was shut down following excessive storm damage in the mid-1960s. The area comprising Hart, Miller, and Pleasure islands—with a total land surface of —was acquired by the state in the late 1970s. A dike was built joining Hart and Miller"
"Smith Island, Maryland Smith Island is an island on the Chesapeake Bay, on the border of Maryland and Virginia territorial waters in the United States. On its Maryland side, Smith Island is a census-designated place (CDP) in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Smith Island lies approximately 10 miles west of Crisfield, Md across the Tangier Sound portion of the Chesapeake Bay. The island consists of three communities, Ewell, Tylerton and Rhodes Point, which all sit on the Maryland portion of the island. The Virginia portion is currently uninhabited, although once"
"time and the water got up to 10 inches in the deep parts. Three Island Crossing Three Island Crossing is a state park in the U.S. state of Idaho. It has facilities to camp and fish, and a museum, which shows items from when the settlers crossed the Snake River. On September 11, 1842, a group led by William T. Newby crossed the Snake River for the first time. They rode through part of the river that was 100 yards wide over to an island. They then went off on to a branch that was 75 yards wide to get"
"8 Mile Corner 8 Mile Corner is a monument in the Cimarron National Grassland dedicated to the tri-point (a place where three states meet) of Kansas, Colorado, and Oklahoma. This point is also the meeting point for three distinct regions of America - the Western United States (Colorado), Midwestern United States (Kansas), and South Central United States (Oklahoma). The landmark is a windmill with the three states' abbreviated names on the blades. The windmill monument was built in 1903. In 1990, satellite images showed the actual meeting place to be several feet away from the monument. A brass plate in"
"on account of an estimate of its length. Threemile Creek (Missouri) Threemile Creek is a stream in northern Crawford and Franklin counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary to the Little Bourbeuse River. The stream headwaters are in northern Crawford County at and the confluence with the Little Bourbeuse is in the southwestern corner of Franklin County at . The southeastern corner of Gasconade County is within the stream floodplain about 50 feet from the stream channel. The elevation at the stream confluence is 732 feet and the elevation of the source is at about 980"
"Federal Correctional Institution, Three Rivers The Federal Correctional Institution, Three Rivers (FCI Three Rivers) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Texas. It is operated by Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp which houses minimum-security male offenders. FCI Three Rivers is approximately 80 miles south of San Antonio and 73 miles northwest of Corpus Christi. In 2008, a riot occurred between members of rival prison gangs at FCI Three Rivers which left 22 prisoners injured and one dead. Fifteen of"
"Eighteenmile Island Eighteenmile Island is a 9.89 acre (4 ha) island on the Oregon side of the Columbia River at river mile 174 in Wasco County, Oregon, United States. It is about a half mile (0.8 km) downstream of Mosier, Oregon and four miles (6.4 km) upstream of Hood River. It can be seen from Interstate 84, which runs along the Oregon side of the Columbia River, and from the Historic Columbia River Highway. A small rocky ""island"" downstream of Eighteenmile Island houses a navigational light. The island is mentioned in the journal of Meriwether Lewis, from the Lewis and"
"Three Island Crossing Three Island Crossing is a state park in the U.S. state of Idaho. It has facilities to camp and fish, and a museum, which shows items from when the settlers crossed the Snake River. On September 11, 1842, a group led by William T. Newby crossed the Snake River for the first time. They rode through part of the river that was 100 yards wide over to an island. They then went off on to a branch that was 75 yards wide to get onto another island. They had up to 15 wagons on them at a"
"Blind Island State Park Blind Island State Park is a public recreation area consisting of Blind Island in San Juan County, Washington. The island lies off Shaw Island near the entrance to Blind Bay and is part of San Juan Islands National Monument. It has about of saltwater shoreline and is part of the Cascadia Marine Trail, with all campsites restricted to visitors arriving in non-motorized watercraft. It became a state park in 1970 under lease from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and is cooperatively managed by the BLM and Washington State Parks. In the early 1900s, a man"
"Three Fingers (Washington) The Three Fingers is a mountain which is located in Snohomish County, Washington. At a height of , it is the 43rd-tallest mountain in the state, and is also part of the Cascade Range.""Three Fingers"" refers to the mountain's three summits. The Three Fingers is a prominent and recognizable landmark in northern Snohomish County. The first ascent of the mountain came in 1929, by Darrington-based mountaineers Harry Bedal and Harold Engles. A fire lookout was built on the southernmost peak by Bedal, Engels, and Frank Benesh, and was seasonally staffed from 1933 until 1942. Supposedly, the top"
"the well known Pulaski park, MA over the 19th century and their culture of food and music carries through today. Three Rivers, Massachusetts Three Rivers is a village and former census-designated place (CDP) in the city of Palmer in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is named for the confluence of the Ware and Quaboag rivers, which form the Chicopee River. Three Rivers is located at (42.179053, -72.363807). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 8.8 km² (3.4 mi²), of which 8.3 km²"
"businesses provide discounts to ""First Saturday"" patrons. In the state legislature, Three Rivers is located in the 18th Senate District, represented by Republican Jean Fuller and formerly held by Republican Roy Ashburn, and in . In the United States House of Representatives, Three Rivers is in . Three Rivers is home to the Diocese of Fresno's St. Anthony Retreat Center and Santa Teresita Youth Conference Center. Three Rivers is home to Riata Ranch International, a world renowned Western Performance Arts Training Facility and home of the World Famous Riata Ranch Cowboy Girls. Three Rivers, California Three Rivers is an unincorporated"
"Long Point State Park – Thousand Islands Long Point State Park – Thousand Islands is a state park located at the northeast tip of Point Peninsula on Lake Ontario's Chaumont Bay. The park is located in the Town of Lyme in Jefferson County, New York. The park was established by New York State in 1913 as part of the St. Lawrence Reservation. Long Point State Park is open from early May to Columbus Day, and offers a playground, picnic tables and pavilions, showers, a boat launch, a campground with 86 sites for tents and trailers, and sheltered fishing in Chaumont"
"Threemile Creek (Missouri) Threemile Creek is a stream in northern Crawford and Franklin counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary to the Little Bourbeuse River. The stream headwaters are in northern Crawford County at and the confluence with the Little Bourbeuse is in the southwestern corner of Franklin County at . The southeastern corner of Gasconade County is within the stream floodplain about 50 feet from the stream channel. The elevation at the stream confluence is 732 feet and the elevation of the source is at about 980 feet. Threemile Creek most likely was descriptively named"
"Three Island Crossing State Park Three Island Crossing State Park is a history-focused public recreation area in Glenns Ferry, Elmore County, Idaho, United States, that interprets the site of a ford of the Snake River on the Oregon Trail. The state park features camping, cabins, disk golf, and a visitors center with interpretive exhibits. The site was used as a river crossing until 1869 when Gus Glenn built a ferry across the river about upstream. The land was deeded from the city of Glenns Ferry to the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation in 1968 and was formally opened to"
"Tri-Valley The Tri-Valley area is a triangle-shaped region of the eastern San Francisco Bay Area, 18 miles southeast of Oakland and 33 miles from San Francisco. It encompasses the cities of Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin, San Ramon, Danville, Alamo, Blackhawk and Diablo. The three valleys from which it takes its name are Amador Valley, Livermore Valley and San Ramon Valley. The region is well known for its Mediterranean climate, wine region, historic downtown areas, high cost of living and fine dining. It is a primarily affluent suburban area with a population of about 360,000. It offers more affordable living accommodations than"
"and making it more resistant to washing away. Three Rooker Island is part of the Anclote Key Preserve State Park and is partially protected for nesting seabirds while also allowing it to be a popular place for local boaters. Three Rooker Island Three Rooker Island, (also known as Three Rooker Bar) is an island in Pinellas County, Florida. The island is west of Tarpon Springs, south of Anclote Key and north of Honeymoon Island. It is accessible only by boat and its shape and size often change from interaction with ocean currents. Compared to neighboring barrier islands, Three Rooker Island"
"Bay. Long Point State Park – Thousand Islands Long Point State Park – Thousand Islands is a state park located at the northeast tip of Point Peninsula on Lake Ontario's Chaumont Bay. The park is located in the Town of Lyme in Jefferson County, New York. The park was established by New York State in 1913 as part of the St. Lawrence Reservation. Long Point State Park is open from early May to Columbus Day, and offers a playground, picnic tables and pavilions, showers, a boat launch, a campground with 86 sites for tents and trailers, and sheltered fishing in"