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The average daily flow at McAlpine is 118,000 cubic feet per second (3,340 m 3 /s). The lock chambers are located at the dam on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River and are capable of a normal lift of 37 feet (11 m) between the McAlpine pool upstream and the Cannelton pool downstream. The hydroelectric plant consists of eight turbine units with ...
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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.
Three companies will pay $110 million to the state of Ohio to settle a lawsuit charging them with dumping "forever" chemicals in the Ohio River.
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Water levels are monitored of these five area rivers and creeks: the Ohio River, Great Miami River, Little Miami River, Mill Creek and Licking River.
The Ohio River is a climatic transition area, as its water runs along the periphery of the humid subtropical and humid continental climate areas. It is inhabited by fauna and flora of both climates. Today, the Ohio River is one of the most polluted rivers in the United States.
Looking SE from Falls of the Ohio Middle gate of 5 upper gates at McAlpine Dam. (There are 4 more such gates at the lower gate site, next to the LG&E Ohio Falls Generating Station.) These gates are called Tainter gates after their designer, Jeremiah Burnham Tainter (1836-1920). Each gate is 100 feet wide and 22 feet high.