Shippingport, Pennsylvania
Shippingport, Pennsylvania | |
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Location in Beaver County, Pennsylvania | |
| Coordinates: 40°37′28″N 80°25′29″W / 40.62444°N 80.42472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Beaver |
| Incorporated | 1910 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough Council |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.68 sq mi (9.54 km2) |
| • Land | 3.33 sq mi (8.62 km2) |
| • Water | 0.36 sq mi (0.92 km2) |
| Elevation | 741 ft (226 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 160 |
• Estimate (2021) | 157 |
| • Density | 56.81/sq mi (21.93/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Zip code | 15077 |
| Area code | 724 |
| FIPS code | 42-70376 |
| Website | shippingportpa |
Shippingport is a borough in western Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Ohio River. The population was 160 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Shippingport is home to the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station, and formerly the Bruce Mansfield Power Plant and Shippingport Atomic Power Station, the world's first full-scale atomic electric power plant devoted exclusively to peacetime uses.