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2. List of locks and dams of the Ohio River - Wikipedia

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   The Act allowed the production of a system of locks and dams along the Ohio. In 1929, the canalization project on the Ohio River was finished. The project produced 51 wooden wicket dams and 600 foot by 110 foot lock chambers along the length of the river. During the 1940s, a shift from steam propelled to diesel powered towboats allowed for tows ...

3. Kanawha River - Wikipedia

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   Kanawha Falls is the upstream limit of several fish species that broadly inhabit the Ohio River watershed. [4]: 12–14 [12] Above the waterfall, the watershed has fewer fish species overall, a relatively high number of species found nowhere else in the world, and nearly as many non-native species as natives.

4. Lock (water navigation) - Wikipedia

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   A plan and side view of a generic, empty canal lock. A lock chamber separated from the rest of the canal by an upper pair and a lower pair of mitre gates.The gates in each pair close against each other at an 18° angle to approximate an arch against the water pressure on the "upstream" side of the gates when the water level on the "downstream" side is lower.

5. Caesar Creek State Park - Wikipedia

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   Caesar Creek State Park is a public recreation area located in southwestern Ohio, five miles (8 km) east of Waynesville, in Warren, Clinton, and Greene counties. [2] The park is leased by the State from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who in the 1970s erected a dam on Caesar Creek to impound a 2,830-acre (1,150 ha) lake. [2]

6. Leesville Lake (Ohio) - Wikipedia

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   963 ft (294 m) to 977.5 ft (297.9 m) [2] Leesville Lake is a reservoir located near Ohio State Route 212 and Leesville, Ohio. [3] The lake is formed by Leesville Dam 40°28′6″N 81°11′41″W[4] across McGuire Creek, [5] a tributary of Conotton Creek . The lake is named for the village of Leesville. The McGuire Creek forms the south branch ...

7. Wabash River - Wikipedia

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   Little River, Eel River, Tippecanoe River, Vermilion River, Little Vermilion River, Embarras River, Little Wabash River. The Wabash River / ˈwɔːbæʃ / (French: Ouabache) is a 503-mile-long (810 km) [ 2 ] river that drains most of the state of Indiana, and a significant part of Illinois, in the United States.