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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District began refilling the newly constructed lock chamber with water at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi last week. The chamber was ...
They expect these locks to be closed until Friday and will have to wait until the weather runs its course Officials want to remind people to stay away from the Mon River in that area. It’s fast ...
About 50,000 barges moved through the 23 locks and dams in the Pittsburgh region ... locals cast fishing lines from a dock into the Monongahela River. The coast looked clear.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will use explosives to breach the dam at the Monongahela River Lock and Dam 3. That will happen sometime between the hours of noon and 2 p.m. depending on river ...
A 100-foot-wide navigation channel was opened Thursday at Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District. Commercial vessels will now be able to pass through ...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A man was rescued on the Monongahela River on Friday morning after his boat overturned near the Charleroi Lock and Dam. The Rostraver Fire Department said he was in a small ...
ELIZABETH, Pa. (KDKA) -- Commercial traffic will now have an easier time traveling through the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened a large navigation ...
Crowds gathered along the bank of the Monongahela River in Elizabeth on Wednesday ... small sections of the 700-foot-long Elizabeth Lock and Dam. Crews will use excavators to remove debris.
The locks and dams near Braddock, Elizabeth and Charleroi are the oldest facilities on the Monongahela River and also see the highest volume of commercial traffic, about 7,400 vessels a year.
THERE’S THREE DAMS THAT WE’VE BEEN WORKING ON ... that's been in the works for thirty years: a brand-new Monongahela River lock soon to be filled with water. A resident engineer and an ...
Demolition work at the Elizabeth Locks ... Dam system will be accelerated and finished well ahead of schedule after lower-than-expected water levels restricted commercial traffic on the ...