Dashields Locks and Dam

Dashields Locks and Dam (formerly Deadman Island Locks and Dam)
Official name	Dashields Locks and Dam
Coordinates	40°33′02″N80°12′15″W / 40.5506°N 80.2041°W / 40.5506; -80.2041
Construction began	1927
Opening date	1929
Operator(s)	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

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.

Emsworth, Dashields, and Montgomery lock and dams

See also

• List of locks and dams of the Ohio River
• List of locks and dams of the Upper Mississippi River

References

1. Bob Bauder (2017-05-20). "Family of kayaker swept over Dashields Dam sues U.S. Army Corps of Engineers". TribLIVE. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
2. "Pittsburgh District > Missions > Navigation > Locks and Dams > Dashields Locks & Dam". www.lrp.usace.army.mil. Archived from the original on 2018-07-18. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
3. "Port of Pittsburgh Commission, PA : Dashields Locks and Dam".

External links

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District