Monongahela River Locks & Dam 4
Phone: 412-684-8442
Lock and Dam 4 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 19.7 miles upstream to Maxwell Lock and Dam just south of Brownsville, PA. Lock and Dam 4 is located at river mile 41.5 at the city of Charleroi, Pa. The lock chambers and operations buildings are situated along the right bank of the river. There are no public land-based facilities available at the project.
Directions
Road access to the project is from adjacent Pennsylvania Route 906.
More info at http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/nav/l4m.htm
Monongahela River
CAM 140 Monongahela
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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