Township Bags
Description: Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station (TMI) was originally built by General Public Utilities Corp. (GPU), and operated by Metropolitan Edison Company. Construction began in 1968 and the plant was commissioned in 1974. Located on Three Mile Island in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania on Lake Frederic, a reservoir in the Susquehanna River. With two reactor units and four cooling towers, TMI was capable of producing more than 800 megawatts of carbon-free electricity. In 1979, a partial meltdown of the Unit 2 reactor (TMI-2) released radioactive gases into the environment, making it the worst accident in U.S. nuclear power plant history. The Unit 1 reactor (TMI-1) continued operation until it was shut down in 2019.
Description: Oleson's Mercantile was the general store owned and operated by Harriet and Nels Oleson. The Mercantile is one of the main businesses in Walnut Grove, and also a major setting on Little House on the Prairie. The Olesons established the Mercantile many years earlier, before their children (Nellie and Willie) were born, and is a highly successful business, serving the needs of Walnut Grove and Hero Township. The Mercantile was first seen in Little House's debut episode, "A Harvest of Friends," and is the setting for many of the the show's episodes and plots. It is one of two businesses operated by the Oleson family, the other being Nellie's Restaurant and Hotel, which was established in the Season 6 season premiere "Back to School."
