Keystone or key-stone or ''variation'', may refer to: *

Keystone (architecture) A keystone (or capstone) is the wedge-shaped stone at the apex of a masonry arch or typically round-shaped one at the apex of a vault. In both cases it is the final piece placed during construction and locks all the stones into position, al ...

, a central stone or other piece at the apex of an arch or vault * Keystone (cask), a fitting used in ale casks

Business

Keystone Law Keystone Law (formerly Lawyers Direct; operating in Australia as Keypoint Law) is a national law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with offices in several other countries, which offers legal services for business and individuals. The ...

, a full-service law firm * Digital Keystone, a developer of digital entertainment software *

Keystone Aircraft Keystone Aircraft Corporation was an early American airplane manufacturer. History Headquartered in Bristol, Pennsylvania, the company was formed as "Ogdensburg Aeroway Corp" in 1920 by Thomas Huff and Elliot Daland, but its name was quickly ...

Corporation * Keystone Bridge Company, an American bridge building company *

Keystone (beer brand) Keystone beer is a product of the Molson Coors Beverage Company in Golden, Colorado. It was first introduced in Chico, California in September 1989. Keystone Ice can be found in canned, kegged, and occasionally, bottled form, with 5.9% ABV. Keyst ...

* Keystone Camera Company * Keystone (gasoline automobile) * Keystone (steam automobile) *

Keystone Pipeline The Keystone Pipeline System is an oil pipeline system in Canada and the United States, commissioned in 2010 and owned by TC Energy and as of 31 March 2020 the Government of Alberta. It runs from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in Albert ...

, a crude oil pipeline * Keystone-SDA/Keystone-ATS, a Swiss press agency * Keystone View Company, a US photo agency * Keystone (Berkeley, California), a defunct music club

Entertainment

* ''Keystone'' (video game), part of the Xbox Live Arcade title ''Fable 2 Pub Games'' * Keystone (band), led by jazz trumpeter Dave Douglas ** ''Keystone'' (album), a 2005 album by the band *

Keystone Cops The Keystone Cops (often spelled "Keystone Kops") are fictional, humorously incompetent policemen featured in silent film slapstick comedies produced by Mack Sennett for his Keystone Film Company between 1912 and 1917. History The idea for th ...

, a silent movie series * ''

Keystone Kapers ''Keystone Kapers'' is a video game developed by Activision and published for the Atari 2600 in April 1983, and later ported to the Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision, and in 1984, MSX. Inspired by Mack Sennett's slapstick ''Keystone Co ...

'', a classic Atari game *

Keystone Studios Keystone Studios was an early film studio founded in Edendale, California (which is now a part of Echo Park) on July 4, 1912 as the Keystone Pictures Studio by Mack Sennett with backing from actor-writer Adam Kessel (1866–1946) and Charl ...

, a movie studio

Places

* The Keystone asterism in the Hercules constellation

United States

* The "Keystone State", nickname for the U.S. Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

Keystone, Colorado Keystone is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Summit County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Breckenridge, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Keys ...

, a town ** Keystone Resort, the related ski resort * Keystone, Florida, an unincorporated community * Keystone, Indiana *

Keystone, Iowa Keystone is a city in Benton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 599 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Keystone was platted in 1881 when the Chicago, Milwaukee, and ...

* Keystone, Nebraska * Keystone, North Dakota * Keystone, Ohio *

Keystone, South Dakota Keystone is a town in the Black Hills region of Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 240 at the 2020 census. It had its origins in 1883 as a mining town, and has since transformed itself into a resort town, serving ...

, a town near Mount Rushmore * Keystone, Wyoming * Keystone at the Crossing, a business/shopping district in Indianapolis, Indiana ** The Fashion Mall at Keystone, located in the Keystone shopping district * Keystone Heights, Florida *

Keystone Canyon Keystone Canyon is a gorge near Valdez in the U.S. state of Alaska. Situated at an elevation of , its walls are almost perpendicular. It measures in length, connecting the upper and lower valleys of Lowe River. Geography In Keystone Canyon, th ...

, Alaska * Keystone Lake, a resort area near Tulsa, Oklahoma * Keystone, Wisconsin

Canada

* The "Keystone Province", a nickname for the Province of Manitoba ** Keystone Centre, an arena and exhibition centre in Brandon, Manitoba

Fictional locations

Keystone City This page list the locations in the DC Universe, the shared universe setting of DC Comics. Sites * the Arrowcave – The former base of operations of the Green Arrow and Speedy. * Avernus Cemetery – A burial ground located in Central City for ...

, home of the comic book character The Flash * Keystone City, a holographic city in the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "

Emergence In philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, emergence occurs when an entity is observed to have properties its parts do not have on their own, properties or behaviors that emerge only when the parts interact in a wider whole. Emergenc ...

Railroads

Keystone Corridor The Keystone Corridor is a 349-mile (562 km) railroad corridor between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that consists of two rail lines: Amtrak and SEPTA's Philadelphia-to-Harrisburg main line, which hosts SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale ...

, a rail corridor from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh * ''

Keystone Service Amtrak's ''Keystone Service'' provides frequent regional passenger train service between the Harrisburg Transportation Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, running along the Philadelphia to Harrisburg Mai ...

'', a current New York-Harrisburg service ** ''Keystone'' (Amtrak train, 1979-1981), a predecessor of the current service * ''Keystone'' (Amtrak train, 1971-1972), a former New York-Pittsburgh service operated by Amtrak * ''Keystone'', a former New York-Washington service operated by the

Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was named ...

** ''Keystone'' (train), a lightweight train used for the service

Schools

Keystone School Keystone School, generally called Keystone, is a co-educational independent private school for students from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade, located in the Monte Vista Historic District in Midtown San Antonio, Texas, USA.Keystone National High School, a private correspondence school *

Keystone Exam The Keystone Exam is a Pennsylvania standardized test administered to the public schools of Pennsylvania, United States. The test has been developed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education. Since the 2012–2013 school year, the ...

, a Pennsylvania standardized test

Sports

Keystone Junior Hockey League The Keystone Junior Hockey League (KJHL) is a Junior 'B' ice hockey league in the province of Manitoba, Canada. The league, sanctioned by Hockey Manitoba, was formerly known as the Manitoba Junior 'B' Hockey League. History The KJHL champion ...

, in Manitoba *

Keystone Cup The Keystone Cup is the Junior B ice hockey championship and trophy for Western Canada. From 1983 to 2017, the championship was the culmination of the champions of 12 hockey leagues in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and North ...

, Western Canadian Junior "B" ice hockey championship * Keystone (horse), a racehorse

Other uses

Keystone (limestone) Keystone is a type of limestone, or coral rag, quarried in the Florida Keys, in particular from Windley Key fossil quarry, which is now a State Park of Florida. The limestone is Pleistocene in age, and the rock primarily consists of scleractini ...

, quarried in the Florida Keys * Keystone effect, caused by projecting an image onto a surface at an angle, or by photography at an angle *

Keystone Initiative Peter J. Pronovost (born February 22, 1965) is Chief Quality and Transformation Officer at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, the main affiliate of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. At UH, Pronovost is responsible ...

, a medical protocol to reduce infection rates * Keystone module, a type of data connector mounted in walls and patch panels *

Keystone Press Awards The Keystone Press Awards are a prominent series of awards presented by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association to Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the M ...

Keystone species A keystone species is a species which has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance, a concept introduced in 1969 by the zoologist Robert T. Paine. Keystone species play a critical role in maintaini ...

, species that have a larger effect on their environment than is purely due to their abundance *

Operation Keystone During World War II, Operation Keystone was a Special Air Service patrol consisting of a number of jeep-mounted and airborne teams that operated south of IJsselmeer in the central Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , im ...

, during World War II * Keystone, a variety of

screwdriver A screwdriver is a tool, manual or powered, used for turning screws. A typical simple screwdriver has a handle and a shaft, ending in a tip the user puts into the screw head before turning the handle. This form of the screwdriver has been repla ...

blade * "Keystone", a descriptive reference to the

Book of Mormon The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, which, according to Latter Day Saint theology, contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the American continent from 600 BC to AD 421 and during an interlude ...