Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor for the Year 1906
A brief history of the development of the navigation system begins on page 1427.

Davis Island Dam & Lock No. 1
A brief history of the dam.    Current photos.

Davis Island Lock and Dam
A brief history of the dam.

Davis Island Lock and Dam Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in Allegheny County, PA.

Davis Island Lock and Dam Images
 

Davis Island Lock and Dam Site
A brief history of the dam.

Digital Public Library of America
Links to historical documents.

Fifty Years on the Mississippi; Or, Gould's History of River Navigation – 1889
A report on recommended improvements to navigation of the Ohio begins on page 345.

History of navigation development on the Ohio River

History of Navigation In The Ohio River Basin

History of the Great Lakes & Ohio River Division

List of locks and dams of the Ohio River
Includes a brief history of the evolution of navigation on the river and links to additional information about each set of dams and locks.

Men, Mountains and Rivers: An Illustrated History of the Huntington District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 1754-1974
An index of links which make reference to the navigation system.

Ohio River Improvements
An 1895 newspaper article about an upcoming convention to address improvements in the river navigation system.

Ohio River navigation, 1783-1824

Ohio River navigation: Past-present-future
A link to the government document.

Proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of Cincinnati held at the Council chamber, January 22, 1846, expressing the sense of the citizens on the subject of improving the navigation around the falls of the Ohio River

The Davis Island Lock and Dam: 1870-1922 - 1985
A history of the dam and lock.

The Kentucky Encyclopedia
A brief history of development of navigation is on page 691.

The Ohio River: A Course of Empire – 1906
A brief history of navigation improvements around the turn of the century is on page 365.

Two Towboats And A Packet
A historical photo taken at the dam.