Monongahela River
The Monongahela River in Pittsburgh
Monongahela in Fairmont, West Virginia
Map of the catchment area of the Monongahela River, the river is highlighted.
The Monongahela River ( [ mə ˌ nɑŋ.gəheɪ.lə ] ) is a 206 km long river on the Allegheny Plateau in northern West Virginia and western Pennsylvania in the eastern United States. Locally it is also known under the name of the Mon.
It arises from the confluence of the Tygart Valley River 257 km long and 166 km long West Fork River in Marion County, West Virginia, and from there flows from north to Pennsylvania.
In Pittsburgh arises from the confluence of the Monongahela River and the Allegheny River Ohio River, which then flows into the Mississippi River. It drains an area of 19,002 km ².
The river is navigable for its entire length, a water depth of 9 feet ( about 2.7 m ) is maintained by locks and dams to allow the marketing of barges to transport coal.
In Pennsylvania, a lead two major tributaries. Those are the Cheat River in Point Marion and the Youghiogheny River, which discharges into McKeesport.
The average discharge is derived from the United States Geological Survey of level data. It is around 3 km above the confluence with the Allegheny River 358 m³ / s The Monongahela River is thus hydrologically a tributary of the Allegheny River, 40 km upstream of the confluence of a water flow of 559 m³ / s, and thus constitutes the main source of the river Ohio.
The Monongalia County is named latinized from the Monongahela. Two warships of the U.S. Navy have been named after the river USS Monongahela.
History
The valley of the river was the site of a known, small battle in the early days of the French and Indian War ( the Battle of the Monongahela ). The units of the British and the colonists were the French and their allied Indians hard inferior. The valley of the Monongahela Valley 1794 scene of the Whiskey Rebellion.
The Monongahela was heavily used in the 19th century by the industry. Many American steel mills were built along its banks, including the works in Homestead. After killing several workers during the Homestead strike of 1892 wrote the anarchist Emma Goldman: "Words had lost their meaning in the face of the innocent blood that was shed on the banks of the Monongahela. "
Near the Homestead on 31 January 1956, B -25 plane crashed on the flight from Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada to Olmstead Air Force Base in Pennsylvania. Although the six-member crew survived the crash, but two of the soldiers drowned. The exact circumstances of the accident flight is the subject of various urban legends and conspiracy theories. Despite the relatively low water depth, the aircraft was not found.
Cities along the river
Among the towns along the river are:
- Allenport, Pennsylvania
- Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania
- Braddock, Pennsylvania
- Brownsville, Pennsylvania
- California, Pennsylvania
- Charleroi, Pennsylvania
- Clairton, Pennsylvania
- Coal Center, Pennsylvania
- Donora, Pennsylvania
- Dravosburg, Pennsylvania
- Dunlevy, Pennsylvania
- Duquesne, Pennsylvania
- Elco, Pennsylvania
- Elizabeth, Pennsylvania
- Fairmont, West Virginia
- Fayette City, Pennsylvania
- Fredericktown - Millsboro, Pennsylvania
- Glassport, Pennsylvania
- Granville, West Virginia
- Greensboro, Pennsylvania
- Hiller, Pennsylvania
- Homestead, Pennsylvania
- McKeesport, Pennsylvania
- Monessen, Pennsylvania
- Monongahela, Pennsylvania
- Morgantown, West Virginia
- Munhall, Pennsylvania
- Nemacolin, Pennsylvania
- New Eagle, Pennsylvania
- Newell, Pennsylvania
- North Braddock, Pennsylvania
- North Charleroi, Pennsylvania
- North Versailles, Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Point Marion, Pennsylvania
- Port Vue, Pennsylvania
- Rankin, Pennsylvania
- Rivesville, West Virginia
- Roscoe, Pennsylvania
- Speers, Pennsylvania
- Star City, West Virginia
- Stockdale, Pennsylvania
- West Brownsville, Pennsylvania
- West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania
- West Mifflin, Pennsylvania
- Westover, West Virginia
- Whitaker, Pennsylvania
Name Variants
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the river had a variety of names variants:
- Malangueulé
- Manaungahela River
- Meh -non -au -au- ge - hel - al
- Mehmannaunringgehlau
- Mehmannauwinggehla
- Mo -hon -ga- ly River
- Mo -hon - galy River
- Mo -hon - gey -e -la River
- Mon- hong - gey -e -la River
- Mohungahala River
- Mohunghala River
- Monaung River
- Monaungahela River
- Monna River
- Monnyahela River
- Monona River
- Mononga River
- Monongahalia River
- Monongahaly River
- Monongaheley River
- Monongahelia River
- Monongalia River
- Monongalo River
- Mononguhela River
- Mononyahela River
- Muddy River