Keystone

Keystone

Keystone may refer to:

* Keystone (architecture), the piece at the apex of an arch or vault
* The Keystone effect, caused by projecting an image onto a surface at an angle, or by photography at an angle
* Keystone correction for these types of distortion

Business

* Keystone Aircraft Corporation, an early manufacturer of airplanes
* Keystone (beer brand), a beer from Coors Brewing Company
* Keystone Camera Company
* Keystone View Company, a US photo agency founded in 1892
* Keystone (1899 automobile), a steam car from Lebanon, Pennsylvania
* Keystone (1914 automobile), an automobile from Pittsburgh

Entertainment

* Keystone (video game), an Xbox Live Arcade casino gambling game
* Keystone Cops, a series of silent movies
* Keystone Kapers, a classic Atari game wherein a police officer pursues a thief
* Keystone Studios, movie studio

Places

;United States
* The "Keystone State", nickname for the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in use by 1802
* Keystone, Colorado, a town
** Keystone Resort, the related ski resort
* Keystone, Florida, an unincorporated community
* Keystone, Indiana
* Keystone, Iowa
* Keystone, Montana
* Keystone, Nebraska
* Keystone, South Dakota, a town near Mount Rushmore
* Keystone at the Crossing, a business/shopping district located in Indianapolis, Indiana
** The Fashion Mall at Keystone, a mall located in the Keystone shopping district
* Keystone Heights, Florida, a small city;Fictional
* Keystone City, home of the comic book character the Flash

Railroads

* Keystone Service (Amtrak), Amtrak's current New York-Harrisburg
* Keystone (Amtrak), Amtrak's former New York-Pittsburgh service
* Keystone (PRR), Pennsylvania Railroad's former New York-Washington service

chools

* Keystone School, a private K-12 school in San Antonio, Texas
* Keystone National High School, a private correspondence school

Other uses

* Keystone (cask), a wooden or plastic fitting used in ale casks
* Keystone module, a type of data connector mounted in walls and patch panels
* Keystone species, species that have a larger effect on their environment than is purely due to their abundance
* Operation Keystone during World War II
* The Keystone asterism in Hercules (constellation)
* Keystone (limestone), a type of limestone quarried in the Florida Keys
* The "keystone" variety of slotted screwdriver blade


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