Upper Ohio Navigation Project Groundbreaking Ceremony
Austin Davis, the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, squeezes through a tight tunnel during a tour of Montgomery Locks and Dam prior to a groundbreaking ceremony hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District in Monaca, Pennsylvania, Aug. 11, 2023. The Upper Ohio Navigation Project is a multi-billion-dollar construction project that will replace locks at Emsworth, Dashields, and Montgomery locks and dams. The project will replace the auxiliary chambers, measuring 56 feet wide by 360 feet long, with locks measuring 110 feet wide by 600 feet long. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District photo by Michel Sauret)