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Description: Opekiska Lock and Dam on the Monongahela River. The dam is located about seven miles northeast (downriver) from Fairmont, West Virginia, at river mile 115.4. The lock and dam were constructed 1961–64 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to improve navigation on the Monongahela River, replacing 60-year-old locks 14 and 15. View is downriver to the northeast.
Title: Opekiska Lock and Dam Monongahela
Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual Library Image page Image description page Digital Visual Library home page U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project page
Author: Margaret Luzier, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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