Allegheny River Locks And Dams
Allegheny River Locks And Dams
1 PagesPROJECT PROFILE The presence of navigational locks and dam installations on the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio River systems in Western Pennsylvania provided nu- merous opportunities for construction of 10- to 20-MW, low-head hydroelec- tric generating facilities. Most of the dams on these three rivers were run-of- the-river concrete overflow structures constructed prior to 1925. Because of deterioration in these dams and changes in
