Opekiska Lock and Dam is a navigational lock and gated dam on the Monongahela River at Lowsville West Virginia. 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.Opekiska has a single lock chamber located on the right-descending river bank.
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