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Pike Island Lock and Dam

Ohio County, West Virginia, and Belmont County, Ohio

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Pike Island Locks and Dam

Looking north along the Ohio River. The locks are on the West Virginia side of the river.

Photo taken by Army Corps of Engineers

View this photo at lrp.usace.army.mil

BH Photo #150045

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Facts 

Overview
Bridge over Ohio River
Location
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, and Belmont County, Ohio
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built between 1959 and 1965 to replace Locks & Dams 10 and 11
Builder
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of Washington, D.C.
Design
Dam
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.15113, -80.70223   (decimal degrees)
40°09'04" N, 80°42'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/525361/4444573 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Tiltonsville
Inventory number
BH 43675 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Belmont County, Ohio (53)
Built 1965 (214)
Built during 1960s (2,002)
Dam (50)
Have street view (26,371)
Ohio (3,319)
Ohio County, West Virginia (39)
Ohio River (111)
 Open (39,434)
Owned by Corps of Engineers (91)
Owned by federal government (1,184)
State line crossing (834)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (36)
West Virginia (1,479)
Wheeling, West Virginia (23)

Update Log 

  • October 1, 2013: New Street View added by Dave King
  • November 28, 2009: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Pike Island Lock and Dam
Posted October 1, 2013, by Michael Miller (michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This is a coal tipple. Coal was carried by conveyor belt, across the road and then stored in the silo until it could be loaded into rail cars for transport to market.

Pike Island Lock and Dam
Posted January 5, 2013, by Jon Stead (jandlstead [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

Railroad tracks run right next to the tower and coal hoppers were loaded here for years. Not sure when operations ceased.I used to live in Wheeling and went past here all the time in the 70's and early 80's.

Pike Island Lock and Dam
Posted December 8, 2009, by Mike (mike [dot] page [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Are there any coal operations in that region? It looks a bit like a coal slurry boom, but I'm not sure about that tank structure on the left.

Pike Island Lock and Dam
Posted November 29, 2009, by J.R. Manning (thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

I found this structure in West Virginia, along WV 2. It is upriver from the Pike Island Locks and Dam. I have no idea what it is, although it appears to be some sort of loader.

Since we've been discussing civil engineering projects the last several days, perhaps one of you civil engineers or river rats can tell me what this structure is.