Beaver County, Pennsylvania

The Merrill Lock No. 6 is the remnant of a historic lock and dam complex located along the Ohio River at Industry, Pennsylvania, United States. The remaining buildings, which now compose a restaurant, are together listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The George F. Weaton Power Station was a coal-fired power plant located in Potter Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. It was formerly owned by Horsehead Corporation and was completed in 1958 by Kaiser Engineers, later ICF International, at a cost of $30 million. Although the primary purpose of the plant was to supply power to the company's nearby zinc smelting operation, excess electricity could be sold to the local grid market via the site's 138,000 and 69,000 volt transmission lines, owned and operated by Duquesne Light. The power plant itself consisted of two 375,000 lb/h Combustion Engineering steam generators, two 55 megawatt Westinghouse tandem compound double flow steam turbines, and two 65 megawatt Westinghouse generators. The plant was idled in September 2011 and officially closed in July 2012, after more than 50 years of service.

The Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex is an ethylene cracker plant located in Potter Township, Pennsylvania, United States, owned and operated by Shell Oil Company, the American subsidiary of supermajor oil company Royal Dutch Shell. The plant is near the interchange of Interstate 376 and Pennsylvania Route 18, about 25 miles (40 km) from Pittsburgh. Operations began in November, 2022 and will produce over a million tons per year of plastic pellets.

Raccoon Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Raccoon Creek joins the Ohio River in Potter Township. Only a small portion of the creek is located within Raccoon Creek State Park. The stream within the park is Little Traverse Creek.

Potter Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. It is States and is part of the Greater Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 522 at the 2020 census. It is home to the Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex.

Vanport Township is a township that is located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Ohio River. The population was 1,289 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

Beaver Area High School is a public high school in Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the only high school in the Beaver Area School District. Athletic teams compete as the Beaver Bobcats in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League.

Brighton Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,791 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

Kobuta is an unincorporated community that is located in Potter Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is situated next to the Ohio River, due west of Monaca, southwest of Industry, and southwest of Beaver.

The Beaver Valley Mall is a regional shopping mall located in Center Township, Pennsylvania, serving Beaver County within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. It is owned by the Namdar Realty Group. The mall features Boscov's, Dick's Sporting Goods, JCPenney, Rural King, and a U-Haul storage center. It is vastly considered by locals to be a dead mall, with many residents opting for the Ross Park Mall in Ross Township or The Mall at Robinson in Robinson Township, Pennsylvania.

Beaver is a borough in, and the county seat of, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located near the confluence of the Beaver and Ohio Rivers, approximately 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Pittsburgh. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,438.

Beaver Area School District is a suburban, public school district in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately 21 square miles (54 km2) serving the Boroughs of Beaver and Bridgewater and Brighton Township and Vanport Township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania and Monaca, Pennsylvania. The district serves a resident population of 1,972 people. The district operates one High School, one Middle School and two Elementary Schools. Elementary - College Square grades (grades K–2) Elementary/Intermediate - Dutch Ridge (grades 3–6) Beaver Area Middle School (BAMS) (grades 7–8) Beaver Area High School (BHS) (grades 9–12)