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Celebrating the canalization of the Ohio River at the Monongahela Wharf
Trinity Court Studios1929
Senator John Heinz History Center
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Pittsburghers line the Monongahela Wharf to celebrate the canalization of the Ohio River from Pittsburgh to Cairo, Illinois. The project included the construction of 48 dams and represented the culmination of more than a century of river improvements on the Ohio.
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- Title: Celebrating the canalization of the Ohio River at the Monongahela Wharf
- Creator: Trinity Court Studios
- Date Created: 1929
- Location: Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Subject Keywords: Pittsburgh
- Type: Photograph
- Original Source: Detre Library & Archives at the Heinz History Center
- Object ID: PSS9.ALBUM.I02
- Exhibit or Collection: #Pixburgh: A Photographic Experience (December 2016 to September 2017)
- Donation Information: " Gift of Robert Garland"
- Collection Information: Ohio River Improvement Celebration Photograph Album, PSS 9
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