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New Albany and Louisville. 1912. 38°16′57″N 85°48′05″W. / 38.28250°N 85.80139°W / 38.28250; -85.80139. McAlpine Locks and Dam (Only to Shippingport Island, not all the way across river) New Albany and Louisville. ( Falls of the Ohio) 1830. 38°16′41″N 85°47′25″W / .
The Ohio River is a 981-mile-long (1,579 km) river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing in a southwesterly direction from western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illinois. It is the third largest river by discharge volume in the United ...
This is a list of locks and dams of the Ohio River, which begins at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at The Point in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and ends at the confluence of the Ohio River and the Mississippi River, in Cairo, Illinois . A map and diagram of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operated locks and dams on the Ohio River.
The Ohio River Water Trail was conceived and developed by Dr. Vincent Troia, Executive Director of the Ohio River Trail Council. [5] The Ohio River Water Trail project originated in 2010 to develop a dedicated safe route for boats that provides a destination for canoeing, kayaking, fishing, small motorized watercraft, and other recreation.
And the nearby Falls of the Ohio State Park boasts 390-million-year-old Devonian fossil beds, among the largest of their kind in the world, and offers close access to the river without a boat ...
Charlestown State Park. / 38.43000°N 85.63000°W / 38.43000; -85.63000. Charlestown State Park is an Indiana state park on 5,100 acres (20.64 km 2) in Clark County, Indiana, in the United States. The park is on the banks of the Ohio River, 1 mile (2 km) east of Charlestown. It was once part of the Indiana Army Ammunition Plant (INAAP ...
Independence Dam State Park. / 41.29389°N 84.28250°W / 41.29389; -84.28250. Independence Dam State Park is a 591-acre (239 ha) public recreation area located on the banks of the Maumee River three miles east of Defiance in Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The state park features ruins of the Miami and Erie Canal.
The Saline River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 27 miles (43 km) long, [ 3] in the Southern Illinois region of the U.S. state of Illinois. The river drains a large section of southeast Illinois, with a drainage basin of 1,762 square miles (4,564 km 2 ). The major tributaries include the South Fork, Middle Fork and North Fork ...