Hildebrand Lock and Dam

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Hildebrand Lock and Dam is a navigational lock and gated dam on the Monongahela River at Hilderbrand, West Virginia. (Hildebrand is a misspelling of Hilderbrand.) It is part of a series of dams that canalizes the Monongahela to a depth of at least convert|9|ft for its entire length from Fairmont, West Virginia to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District.

Hildebrand has a single lock chamber located on the left-descending river bank. The dam's upper pool extends convert|7.4|mi upstream to Opekiska Lock and Dam, with its convert|6.0|mi|adj=on downstream pool being formed by Morgantown Lock and Dam.

History

Construction on Hildebrand Lock and Dam began in 1950 and was completed in 1960. [http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/nav/hilde.htm USACE Pittsburgh District: Hildebrand Lock and Dam, accessed April 1, 2008] ] . It replaced old Locks 12 and 13, timber crib structures completed in 1903.

ee also

*List of crossings of the Monongahela River

References

External links

* [http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/nav/hilde.htm Hildebrand Lock and Dam]

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