Hildebrand Lock and Dam
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| Location | Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Construction began | 1950 |
| Opening date | 1960 |
| Operator(s) | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | Monongahela River |
Hildebrand Lock and Dam is a navigational lock and gated dam on the Monongahela River at Hilderbrand, West Virginia. (Hildebrand is a misspelling of Hilderbrand.) It is part of a series of dams that canalizes the Monongahela to a depth of at least 9 feet (2.7 m) for its entire length from Fairmont, West Virginia to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District.
Hildebrand has a single lock chamber located on the left-descending river bank. The dam's upper pool extends 7.4 miles (11.9 km) upstream to Opekiska Lock and Dam, with its 6.0-mile (9.7 km) downstream pool being formed by Morgantown Lock and Dam.
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History
Construction on Hildebrand Lock and Dam began in 1950 and was completed in 1960.[1] It replaced old Locks 12 and 13, timber crib structures completed in 1903.
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Dams of the Monongahela River
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- Pages with broken file links
- Transportation in Monongalia County, West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Monongalia County, West Virginia
- Dams in West Virginia
- Water transportation in West Virginia
- Monongahela River
- United States Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District
- United States Army Corps of Engineers dams
- Dams completed in 1960
- Locks of the United States
