Built 1927 Opened 1927 Architectural style Streamline Moderne | NRHP Reference # 00000398 Area 5 ha Added to NRHP 21 April 2000 | |
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Location 1 River Avenue, Harrison Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania MPS Allegheny River Navigation System MPS[2] People also search for Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 2 | ||
The Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 4 in Harrison Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, is a lock that was built 1920-1927, and opened in 1927, 24.2 miles upstream from the mouth of the river in Pittsburgh. The lock and dam were built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a part of an extensive system of locks and dams to improve navigation along the Allegheny River. It has a single lock and a fixed crest dam, keeping the river depth at least 9 feet in the pool above the dam. The amount of water that flows over the dam is not controlled locally, so it does not provide flood control, but it does help provide water to municipalities.
Map of Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 4, Natrona Heights, PA 15065, USA
Traffic through the lock was about 1.8 million tons in 1998, including shipments of coal, petroleum, sand and gravel, ore, steel, chemicals, fertilizer, salt, flour, lime, and slag.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 21, 2000.