Emsworth Locks and Dam

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| name = Emsworth Locks and Dam

| image = Emsworth aerial.jpg

| image_size = 300px

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| name_official = Emsworth Locks and Dam

| dam_crosses = Ohio River

| location =

| operator =24px United States Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District

| dam_type = Gated

| res_elevation = 710 feet above sealevel

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| construction_began = 1935

| opening = 1938

| coordinates = {{coord|40.5033|-80.0895|type:landmark_region:US-PA|display=inline,title}}

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Emsworth Locks and Dam is a combination of locks and dam on the Ohio River located just downstream of Pittsburgh. The dam has two gated sections, one on each side of Neville Island. There are two locks, one for commercial barge traffic that is 600 feet long by 110 feet wide, and the recreational auxiliary lock that is 360 feet long by 56 feet wide.{{cite web|url=http://www.port.pittsburgh.pa.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=354 |title=Emsworth Locks and Dam : Ohio River |website=Port.pittsburgh.pa.us |accessdate=2016-02-13}} Emsworth averages about 470 commercial lock throughs every month and 350-400 lock throughs a month on the recreational auxiliary lock.{{cite web|url=http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation/LocksandDams/EmsworthLocksDams.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317024459/http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation/LocksandDams/EmsworthLocksDams.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 17, 2013|title=Pittsburgh District : Missions : Navigation : Locks and Dams : Emsworth Locks & Dams|website=Lrp.usace.army.mil|accessdate=2016-02-11}}

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