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Monongahela

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Monongahela , river, 128 mi (206 km) long, formed at Fairmont, N W.Va., by the junction of the West Fork and Tygart rivers. It flows north, through a valley marked by a decline in heavy industry and coal mining, into SW Pennsylvania, where it joins the Allegheny River to form the Ohio River at Pittsburgh. The canalized river is navigable for most of its length. Iron, steel, and coal are the chief products moved on the river. The Monongahela River was the first river in the United States to be improved for navigation. Author not available, MONONGAHELA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia,... Read more
Monongahela, Battle of the
Monongahela, Battle of the a confrontation between British troops and a French force together with Indians and Canadian irregulars...1755, during the French and Indian War (1754–63). British Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock led 1,450 men toward the Monongahela River in western Pennsylvania to repel French ... Read more
Monongahela
Monongahela, Pennsylvania/USA A city named after the Monongahela River, which is formed by the merging of the Tygart and West Fork Rivers in West Virginia, and which flows northward into Pennsylvania. The name comes from the Delaware menaungehilla... Read more

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