Dashields Locks and Dam
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| Dashields Locks and Dam (formerly Deadman Island Locks and Dam) | |
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| File:Dashields Locks and Dam.jpeg | |
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| Official name | Dashields Locks and Dam |
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| Construction began | 1927 |
| Opening date | 1929 |
| Operator | File:United States Army Corps of Engineers logo.svg United States Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | fixed crest dam |
| Impounds | Ohio River |
| Length | 1,585 feet |
| Reservoir | |
| Normal elevation | 692 feet above sealevel |
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Dashields Lock and Dam is a fixed-crest dam on the Ohio River.[1][2] It is located less than 15 miles down stream of Pittsburgh. There are two locks, one for commercial barge traffic that is 600 feet long by 110 feet wide, and a recreational auxiliary lock that is 360 feet long by 56 feet wide.[3] Dashields locks averages about 450 commercial lock throughs every month and 200-300 lock throughs a month on the recreational auxiliary lock.
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