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Monongahela River Lock 2 Lock Gate Wickets

September 14, 1911

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Monongahela River Lock 2 Lock Gate Wickets
  • Title
  • Monongahela River Lock 2 Lock Gate Wickets
  • Creator
  • United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Pittsburgh District.
  • Date
  • September 14, 1911
  • Identifier
  • 20180220-hpichswp-0070
  • Source Identifier
  • PSS 23_B011_F09_I01
  • Description
  • A man standing next to the lock gate wickets for Lock 2 of the Monongahela River near Braddock, Pa. A wicket is the valve that enables water to fill and drain in a chamber for river navigation.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Rivers--Pennsylvania--Braddock.
    Monongahela (W. Va. and Pa.)
    Locks (Hydraulic engineering)--Pennsylvania--Braddock.
    Dams--Pennsylvania--Braddock.
  • Source
  • United States Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District Glass Plate Negatives, c. 1900-1936, PSS 23, Detre Library and Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • United States Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District Glass Plate Negatives
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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