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MAPS
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Map of the Monongahela River
from the West Virginia state line to Pittsburgh –
1884 
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GENERAL
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A History of the Monongahela Navigation
Company
A history published in 1873.
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Acts Passed at a General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia – 1832
An Act to provide for the opening and improving the
navigation of the river begsins on page 106.
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Digital Public Library of
America
Links to historical photos and documents.
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Early Development Of
Transportation On The Monongahela River
Includes a brief history of the navigation system.
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History of Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania, Including its Early Settlement and
Progress to the Present Time, Volume 1 Part 2
A brief history of the navigation system begins on page
556.
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History of Navigation in the
Ohio River Basin – 1983
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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History of Pittsburgh and Environs -
1922
A brief history of the navigation
system and its role in the city's development
begins on page 165.
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Improvement of the Ohio River
– 1856
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Monongahela Navigation
A brief history and description of
the river, including reference to its navigation
system.
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Monongahela Navigation Company Annual
Reports
Links to documents relating to
the navigation company, including five of its annual
reports.
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Second Annual Report of the
President and Managers to the Monongahela Navigation
Company – 1840
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Journal, Volume 2 – 1841
The third annual report of the navigation company begins
on page 129.
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Sixth Annual Report of the
President and Managers to the Monongahela Navigation
Company – 1846
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Annual Reports of the Board of Managers
of The Monongahela Navigation Company, Vol. 42 - 1847
Links to five annual reports and other
documents related to the navigation system.
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Annual report / Monongahela
Navigation Company – 1849
A link to the on-line document.
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Tenth Annual Report of the
President and Managers to the Monongahela Navigation
Company – 1850
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Twenty-Ninth Annual Report of
the Board of Managers of the Monongahela Navigation
Company – 1869
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Annual Report by Monongahela Navigation
Company 1871
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Annual Report of the Board of
Managers of The Monongahela Navigation Company – Vol.
45 - 1885
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Fifteenth Annual Report of the
Board of Managers of the Monongahela Navigation
Company – 1890
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Annual Report of the Board of
Managers of The Monongahela Navigation Company – Vol.
52 - 1892
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Annual Report of the Chief of
Engineers, United States Army – 1896
An index of links which make reference to the canal in the
document.
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Annual Report of the State
Engineer and Surveyor for the Year 1906
A brief history and description of the
navigation system is on page 1425.
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Monongahela Navigation
Company Copybook, 1840-1897
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Monongahela River
A brief description of the current navigation
system.
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Monongahela River
Includes
a brief history and description of the navigation
system.
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Monongahela River Lock Photos
Current and historical photos.
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Monongahela River Navigation
– 1919
A history of the navigation system.
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Monongahela Navigation Company
Locks & Dam No. 2, 1841-1897
A brief description and history of
the dam and locks. Maps and sketches of the
dam and locks.
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Monongahela River Navigation
System
Includes a historical illustration of
one of the dams and locks.
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Monongahela River Navigation
System Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in Allegheny County.
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Monongahela River Navigation
System videos
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Monongahela's First Lock &
Dam Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in
Allegheny County.
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Navigation Of Monongahela
River Brought Commerce Boom To Region
A brief history of the navigation system.
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Ohio River Navigation: Past,
Present and Future – 1979
A history of rhe development of the Monongahela River
navigation begins on page 47.
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Pennsylvania, Colonial and Federal A
History 1608 - 1903, Volume 3
A brief history of the navigation
company begins on page 275 and continues on
page 432.
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Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive
A set of historical articles making
reference to the canal.
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Petition seeking Incorporation
of Monongahela Navigation Company – 1815
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Pittsburgh's Bridges
A brief history of the navigation system begins on page
47.
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Pittsburgh’s Commercial
Development, 1800-1850, 1951
Histories of the development of the Monongehela and
Allegheny River navigation systems begin on page 53.
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Report
on the Coal Mines of the Monongahela River Region
from the West Virginia State Line to Pittsburgh,
Including the Mines on the Lower Youghiogheny
River, Volume 40 - 1884
A brief history begins on page xxviii.
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Rices Landing
A brief history of the community,
including the role of the navigation system in its
prosperity.
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Steamboats on the Western Rivers:
An Economic and Technological History
A brief history of the navigation
system begins on page 207.
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The Allegheny Frontier: West
Virginia Beginnings, 1730—1830
A brief history of the navigation system begins on
page 339.
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The Monongahela
A brief history of the navigation system begins on page
64.
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The Monongahela River
Includes a brief history of the navigation system
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The Monongahela: River of
Dreams, River of Sweat
A brief history of the navigation system begins on page
16 and contiues on page 75.
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The Old and New Monongahela - 1893
A brief history of the navigation
system begins on page 8.
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The Rise and Fall of the
Monongahela Hotel
A brief history
of the canal, including reference to the river
navigation system. Historical photos.
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Thomas H. Baird
A brief biography of one of the
early supporters of the navigation system.
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Transportation History
Follows Current Of Monongahela
A brief article about navigation history on the river,
including the role of the navigation system.
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