Monongahela Navigation Company
Biographical notes:
In 1817, the Monongahela Navigation Company was incorporated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to "make a lock navigation on the river Monongahela." After overcoming numerous financial and engineering difficulties, the company succeeded in building four locks and dams by 1844, opening the Monongahela from Pittsburgh to Brownsville for slackwater navigation.
From the description of Copybook of records of Monongahela Navigation Company, 1840-1897. (University of Pittsburgh). WorldCat record id: 302423571
The Monongahela Navigation Company was formed to improved navigation for steamboats from the Pennsylvania-Virginia state line to Clarksburg, a distance of approximately 100 miles. A series of dams and locks was constructed on the Monongahela and its tributaries, to take advantage of the slackwater from the Pennsylvania line up to the mouth of Elk Creek in Harrison County.
From the description of Acts of Assembly relating to Monongahela Navigation Co.: Notes, 1836-1851. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 86166246
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Subjects:
- Dams
- Genealogy
- Inland navigation
- Inland water transportation
- Locks (Hydraulic engineering)
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Places:
- Pittsburgh (Pa.) (as recorded)
- Monongahela River (West Virginia and Pennsylvania) (as recorded)
- Pennsylvania (as recorded)
