Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania
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Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania is an unincorporated village in Fulton Township, Lancaster County
, in the state of Pennsylvania
in the United States
. It lies on the east bank of the Susquehanna River
, at 39°45′03"N 76°13′34"W.
The original town of Peach Bottom was located across the river in York County
. With the construction of the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad
up the east side of the Susquehanna, a station was built on the Lancaster County side, near the mouth of Peters Creek
, from which Peach Bottom could be reached by ferry. This was known as Peach Bottom Station.
The Peach Bottom Railway
had termini at both Peach Bottom and Peach Bottom Station; a planned bridge to connect them was never built. The line on the east side became the Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railroad and on the west side, the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
.
When the Conowingo Dam
was built, the Columbia and Port Deposit was relocated higher up the hillside, and both Peach Bottom and Peach Bottom Station were submerged. The present village was built a short distance southeast of the site of Peach Bottom Station.
It is the site of a post office (zip code 17563). The Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station
lies across the river, on the site of the original town.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Lancaster County, known as the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county located in the southeastern part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010 the population was 519,445. Lancaster County forms the Lancaster Metropolitan Statistical Area, the...
, in the state of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It lies on the east bank of the Susquehanna River
Susquehanna River
The Susquehanna River is a river located in the northeastern United States. At long, it is the longest river on the American east coast that drains into the Atlantic Ocean, and with its watershed it is the 16th largest river in the United States, and the longest river in the continental United...
, at 39°45′03"N 76°13′34"W.
The original town of Peach Bottom was located across the river in York County
York County, Pennsylvania
York County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 434,972. It is in the Susquehanna Valley, a large fertile agricultural region in South Central Pennsylvania....
. With the construction of the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad
Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad
The Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad was a railroad that operated in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It operated a main line between Columbia, Pennsylvania and Port Deposit, Maryland, generally along the eastern shore of the Susquehanna River. It later acquired...
up the east side of the Susquehanna, a station was built on the Lancaster County side, near the mouth of Peters Creek
Peters Creek (Pennsylvania)
Peters Creek is a tributary of the Monongahela River and part of the Mississippi River watershed, flowing through southwestern Pennsylvania in the United States....
, from which Peach Bottom could be reached by ferry. This was known as Peach Bottom Station.
The Peach Bottom Railway
Peach Bottom Railway
The Peach Bottom Railway was a 19th-century narrow gauge railroad in Pennsylvania, designed to haul coal from the Broad Top fields in central Pennsylvania to Philadelphia, but succeeded only in establishing two local short lines.-Charter and plan:...
had termini at both Peach Bottom and Peach Bottom Station; a planned bridge to connect them was never built. The line on the east side became the Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railroad and on the west side, the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad , familiarly known as the "Ma and Pa", was an American short-line railroad between York and Hanover, Pennsylvania, formerly operating passenger and freight trains on its original line between York and Baltimore, Maryland, from 1901 until the 1950s...
.
When the Conowingo Dam
Conowingo Dam
The Conowingo Dam is a large hydroelectric dam in the Lower Susquehanna River. The dam, one of the largest non-federal hydroelectric dams in the US, is classified as a medium height, masonry gravity type dam...
was built, the Columbia and Port Deposit was relocated higher up the hillside, and both Peach Bottom and Peach Bottom Station were submerged. The present village was built a short distance southeast of the site of Peach Bottom Station.
It is the site of a post office (zip code 17563). The Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station
Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station
Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, a nuclear power plant, is located southeast of Harrisburg in Peach Bottom Township, York County, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River on the Maryland border....
lies across the river, on the site of the original town.