Monongahela River Locks & Dam 2

Contact: Monongahela2@usace.army.mil
Phone: 412-271-1272

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Locks and Dam 2 is one of nine navigation structures which provide for year-round navigation on the Monongahela River between Pittsburgh, Pa. and Fairmont, West Virginia. It maintains a pool for 12.6 miles upstream to Locks and Dam 3 at Elizabeth, PA. Locks and Dam 2 is located at river mile 11.2 at the city of Braddock, Pa. The lock chambers and operations buildings are situated along the right bank of the river adjacent to a major steel-making plant.

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Road access to the project is from 11th Street in Braddock.

More info at http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/nav/l2m.htm

Monongahela River

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Ren\\233 Chartrand, with illustratrations by Patrice Courcelle. Monongahela was amongst the very first military encounters of the Seven Years\' War, arising from a territorial dispute in the Ohio River Valley. The battle and its consequences are discussed here.


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