Monongahela Navigation Company
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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| creatorOf | Breading, Nathaniel, 1751-1822. Papers 1785-1914. | Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives | |
| creatorOf | Monongahela Navigation Company. Copybook of records of Monongahela Navigation Company, 1840-1897. | University of Pittsburgh | |
| referencedIn | Hagley Museum and Library. Regional Economic History Research Center. Map project data files, Transportation in the Middle Atlantic States, 1750-1860. | Hagley Museum & Library | |
| creatorOf | Monongahela Navigation Company. Acts of Assembly relating to Monongahela Navigation Co.: Notes, 1836-1851. | Temple University Libraries, Paley Library | |
| referencedIn | Beverley, J. H. C.,. Papers : of the related Morton and Dickinson families of Orange and Caroline counties, Va., 1727-1978. | University of Virginia. Library |
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