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Following the opening of the lock and dam at Davis Island in 1885, the venture proved to be worthy. In 1910, the Rivers and Harbors Act was authorized by Congress . The Act allowed the production of a system of locks and dams along the Ohio.
Map of the Muskingum River watershed Aerial view of the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers at Marietta, Ohio. The Muskingum River (/ m ə ˈ s k ɪ ŋ (ɡ) ə m / mə-SKING-(g)əm; Shawnee: Wakatamothiipi) [4] is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 111 miles (179 km) long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States. An important commercial route ...
The Whitewater River is a 101-mile-long (163 km) [2] southerly flowing right tributary of the Great Miami River in southeastern Indiana and southwestern Ohio in the United States. It is formed by the confluence of two forks, the West Fork and East Fork. The name is a misnomer, as there is no true white water on the river.
Operations began on August 3, 1904; the entire project had cost $1,123,441.80. [3] The complex was named for William Emery Merrill , [ 3 ] an officer of the United States Army Corps of Engineers who had been responsible for the earliest successful Ohio River dam in Pennsylvania.
Two additional dams and lakes were added at a later date: Dillon Lake (1960) [3] and North Branch Kokosing. [4]The operation of the lakes and dams, along with the property immediately surrounding the dam sites, was transferred to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, after the approval of the Flood Control Act of 1939 by Congress.
The Walhonding River is a principal tributary of the Muskingum River, [3] 23.5 miles (37.8 km) long, [4] in east-central Ohio in the United States. Via the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. It drains an area of 2,252 square miles (5,830 km 2). [4] The Walhonding flows for its entire length in ...
Located near Germantown, Germantown Dam regulates the flow of Twin Creek into the Great Miami River. It consists of 865,000 cubic yards (661,000 m 3) of earth, is 100 feet (30 m) high and 1,210 feet (370 m) wide. The dam can contain 73,000 acre-feet (90,000,000 m 3) of flood water over 2,950 acres (11.9 km 2) (12 km²). It was constructed in 1920.
The Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam is a non-navigable river control dam with an associated lock, located at mile marker 436 on the Ohio River. It was named for Captain Anthony Meldahl, a river captain. [1] The dam has a top length of 1,756 feet (535 m) with a 372-foot (113 m) fixed weir and a 310-foot (94 m