Point Marion Lock and Dam
Point Marion Lock and Dam, previously known as Lock and Dam Number 8, is one of nine navigational structures on the Monongahela River between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Fairmont, West Virginia. Maintained and built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the gated dam forms an upstream pool that is long, stretching to the base of the Morgantown Lock and Dam. It is located at river mile 90.5.
There is one lock chamber on the left descending bank of the river at the dam, wide and long. The reservoir formed by the dam is also a municipal and industrial water supply.
