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The Monongahela River valley was the site of a famous battle that was one of the first in the French and Indian War—the Braddock Expedition (May–July 1755). It resulted in a sharp defeat for two thousand British and Colonial forces against those of the French and their Native American allies.
It joins the Monongahela River from the southeast (right bank) at McKeesport. Just upstream from Confluence, Pennsylvania , approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north of the Pennsylvania border, the river is impounded by the 184-foot-high (56 m) Youghiogheny Dam to form the Youghiogheny River Lake , a reservoir that stretches upstream into northern ...
Monongahela City Bridge, spans the Monongahela River; Monongahela National Forest, a national forest in eastern West Virginia; Monongahela River, a tributary of the Ohio River Battle of the Monongahela (9 July 1755), at the beginning of the French and Indian War; Lake Monongahela, former Proglacial lake in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio
Willow River (Tomahawk River tributary) Wind River; Wisconsin River; Wolf River (Eau Claire River tributary) Wolf River (Fox River tributary), tributary of Winnebago Pool; Wood River; Yahara River; Yellow River (Chippewa River tributary) Yellow River (Red Cedar River tributary) Yellow River (St. Croix River tributary) Yellow River (Wisconsin ...
Fort Duquesne was built at the point of land of the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers, where they form the Ohio River. Since the late 20th century, this area of Downtown Pittsburgh has been preserved as Point State Park. The park includes a brick outline of the fort's walls, as well as outlines to mark the later Fort Pitt.
Donora is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River. The population was 4,558 as of the 2020 census. [3] Donora was incorporated in 1901. It takes its name from a portmanteau of William Donner and Nora Mellon (1878-1973), wife of banker Andrew W ...
Charleroi (/ ˈ ʃ ɑːr l ə r ɔɪ / SHAR-lə-roy) is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Monongahela River, 21 miles south of Pittsburgh. [4] Charleroi was settled in 1890 and incorporated in 1891. [5] The 2020 census recorded a population of 4,210. [3] Reduced industrial activities in the region led to a ...
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