Cofferdam of Dravo Corp.
- Identifier:
- 031932
- Title:
- Cofferdam of Dravo Corp.
- Date:
- ca. 1963
- Creator:
- Ketchum, MacLeod & Grove, Inc.
- Description:
- 'This is the cellular cofferdam inside which Dravo Corporation crews will build a concrete abutment and two of the five bays for the new $ 6.9 million Maxwell Dam in the Monongahela River, five miles above Brownsville, PA. Placement of concrete for the foundation is scheduled to begin late this month after completion of rock drilling, shooting and removal. The dam is being constructed in two stages. On the opposite bank of the river are the new high-lift Maxwell Locks, completed by Dravo the past summer.'
- Subjects:
- Non-WV--Pennsylvania., Dams--Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.)
- Corporate Names:
- Dravo Corporation.
- Geographic:
- Maxwell Locks and Dam (Pa.)
- Acquisition Source:
- Morgantown Post
- Acquisition Method:
- Acquired
- Medium:
- print
- Projects:
- West Virginia History OnView
