Image:Opekiska Lock and Dam Monongahela.jpg

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Description
English: 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.
Source

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual Library
Image page
Image description page
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project page

Date

May 1, 1998 (as given on the descripton page, but the date is dubious)

Author

Margaret Luzier, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Permission
(Reusing this image)
Public domain This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the United States Army Corps of Engineers.


Camera location

39°33′52.57″N, 80°3′2.44″W

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