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	Monongahela Area Chamber of Commerce
		The greater Monongahela area, comprised of our three communities, the City of Monongahela, Carroll Township, and the borough of New Eagle is a beautiful place to live, work and raise a family.....
		For Monongahela, the gazebo in Chess Park and the aquatorium are trademarks.
		Monongahela continues to be a hub for transportation, with bus service on a daily basis to destinations in the mid-Mon Valley or into Pittsburgh.
	cityofmonongahela.com /chamberofcommerce.htm (116 words)

	MONONGAHELA - LoveToKnow Article on MONONGAHELA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It is served by the Pennsylvania and the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railways, and by electric railways to Pittsburg and Washington, Pa~ Monongahela is in a coal region, and the mining of coal is its principal industry.
		It was laid out as a town in 1792 by Joseph Parkinson, and named by him Williamsport; but it was commonly known as Parkinsons Ferry until 1833, when it was incorporated as a borough.
		Four years later the present name was adopted, and in 1873 Monongahela was chartered as a city.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MO/MONONGAHELA.htm (142 words)

	Monongahela River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Monongahela River is a river on the Allegheny Plateau in West Virginia and Pennsylvania in the United States.
		The Monongahela is formed by the confluence of the West Fork River and the Tygart Valley River at Fairmont, West Virginia.
		In Pennsylvania, the Monongahela is met by two major tributaries: the Cheat River, which joins at Point Marion; and the Youghiogheny River, which joins at McKeesport.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monongahela_River (330 words)

	Monongahela
		Monongahela grounded under the guns of a heavy battery, taking a murderous pounding and losing six men killed and 21 wounded, including the captain, until she worked loose with Kineo’s aid.
		Monongahela was towed to New York and thence Portsmouth where she was slowly repaired, finally departing in 1873 to join the South Atlantic Station.
		Monongahela remained there until she sailed for Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Navy Yard on 15 July, and brought her odyssey to an end when she worked into Portsmouth harbor on 18 July, coming to anchor at 6:10 p.m.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/m13/monongahela-i.htm (957 words)

	Monongahela Incline
		As a practical conveyance during the horse-and-buggy era, the Monongahela Incline was one of seventeen built and operated in Pittsburgh in the last century.
		Of the seventeen, the Monongahela and the Duquesne are the only two remaining operating units.
		Inclines contributed greatly to the development of metropolitan areas in hilly terrain such as Pittsburgh, but were superseded by the automobile and improved roads in the early part of the twentieth century.
	www.asme.org /history/roster/H026.html (227 words)

	Monongahela. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
		Monongahela (mah-nahn-gah-HEE-lah), river, 128 mi/206 km long, N W.Va; formed at Fairmont by the joining of the West Fork and Tygart rivers; flows NE past Morgantown and Star City and enters Pa.; receives Cheat R. from SE and turns N, flows past Friendship Hill Natl.
		Historic Site, past Fredericktown, California, Monessen, Monongahela, and Clairton; receives Youghiogheny R. from SE at McKeesport, turns NW at Duquesne, joins Allegheny R. (enters from NE) in downtown Pittsburg to form Ohio R. The channelized river is navigable for most of its length.
		The Monongahela R. was the first river in the U.S. to be improved for navigation.
	www.bartleby.com /69/17/M09417.html (153 words)

	monongahela (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Monongahela was a boat building center during most of the 19th century.
		Monongahela also has the distinction of being recognized by most national magazines and newspapers because of the many accomplishments of those native to her.
		But whether it is education, sports, medicine, the military, the ministry or the arts, Monongahela remains proud of those native to her and looks forward to a promising future.
	www.ringgold.org /HighSchool/Grant/monongahela.htm (333 words)

	Monongahela on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Monongahela River was the first river in the United States to be improved for navigation.
		A trial in the Otter Creek Wilderness, east of Elkins, West Virginia, in the Monongahela National Forest.
		The Otter Creek Wilderness consists of 20,000 acres east of Elkins, West Virginia, in the Monongahela National Forest.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/Monongah.asp (563 words)

	Encyclopedia: Monongahela River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Monongahela River is a river on the Allegheny Plateau in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
		The West Fork River is a chief tributary of the Monongahela River in north-central West Virginia, on the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau.
		The Tygart Valley River is a chief tributary of the Monongahela River in east-central West Virginia in the United States.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Monongahela-River (969 words)

	The History of the Monongahela Coal Fields - 1900 to the Present (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		To help supply this vital ingredient, the Monongahela Railroad was chartered in 1900 with the purpose of moving the large amounts of coal to the steel mills located in the lower Monongahela and upper Ohio River Valleys.
		From the Monongahela Railroad's incorporation in 1900, the line was equally owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the PandLE Railroad, both of which already had branches extending south along the Monongahela River to Brownsville, Pennsylvania, with the PandLE (fl) on the east bank and the PRR (hazel) on the west.
		The original Monongahela Railway on the East Division was still intact on the River Branch (red) between Brownsville and Pricketts Creek Junction, with the RCandP Branch continuing south to Catawba Junction and Fairview.
	www.wvrail.railfan.net /mga_past.html (3396 words)

	Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Associated with Monongahela Virus, Pennsylvania
		Sin Nombre virus (SNV) was isolated and characterized as the cause of the 1993 cluster of 17 cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in the southwestern United States (1,2).
		We describe the first two recognized cases of HPS acquired in Pennsylvania; both were fatal and at least one was caused by infection with the newly characterized Monongahela variant of hantavirus (10).
		Monongahela hantavirus appears to be closer in evolutionary distance to the New York/Rhode Island strains than to SNV strains found in the midwestern and southwestern United States (16).
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/eid/vol6no6/rhodes.htm (2940 words)

	Monongahela National Forest - Lands at Risk - Wildlands - Sierra Club
		The Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia is a unique oasis of woods, water, and wildlife in the increasingly populated and developed eastern United States.
		Known as "the birthplace of rivers," the Potomac, Greenbrier, Elk, Gauley, and Monongahela Rivers all originate within the Monongahela’s boundaries.
		We can protect the Monongahela’s unique wild forests and streams, defend the integrity of the decades-old process for public involvement, and support recreation opportunities to strengthen West Virginia’s tourism economy.
	www.sierraclub.org /wildlands/wildlandsatrisk/monongahela.asp (510 words)

	USN Ships--USS MONONGAHELA (1863-1908)
		USS Monongahela, a 2078-ton steam screw sloop built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, was commissioned in January 1863.
		Monongahela was converted to a sailing storeship in 1883-84, with her engines removed to increase storage space.
		Monongahela had received a bowsprit in her 1865 refit, but retains her original straight bow.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/monong.htm (523 words)

	City of Monongahela
		onongahela is situated on the Monongahela River and is located approximately 17 miles SE of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
		his is just an example of the many fun, interesting and exciting events planned year-round in Monongahela.
		If you would like a truly unique shopping experience, drop by and give Monongahela a try...
	www.cityofmonongahela.com (317 words)

	Monongahela National Forest is an outdoor paradise in Pittsburgh's backyard
		The Monongahela's identity crisis is surprising because the forest is so close, barely two hours from Downtown east on the Turnpike and south on Route 219.
		The Monongahela is becoming known as one of the best places east of the Rocky Mountains for trout fishing.
		The Cherry, Williams, Blackwater and Cranberry rivers, the Shavers Fork of the Cheat, and the Potomac River headwaters are all stocked with trout.
	www.post-gazette.com /sports/outdoors/20010729moyerfeat0729p4.asp (1377 words)

	Monongahela Wharf
		This traffic was due to the same geographic good fortune that made the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers the strategic key to the control of the West (west of the Appalachian Mountains) during the French and Indian Wars.
		The cobblestoned Monongahela Wharf remained the center of maritime commerce in Pittsburgh; riverboats regularly lined the Wharf as crews took on or unloaded cargo and passengers.
		The riverbanks opposite the Downtown area on the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers, and both banks of the Ohio, were built down to the water with industrial plants, and the Duquesne Wharf, on the south bank of the Allegheny, serviced industries and the Pennsylvania Railroad.
	www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us /wt/html/monogahela_wharf.html (531 words)

	Monongahela Group
		"The Monongahela Group extends from the base of the Pittsburgh coal to the base of the Waynesburg coal.
		It is divided into the Pittsburgh and Uniontown Formations at the base of the Uniontown coal.
		In addition to the limestones, the sandstones and shales of the Monongahela Group are also often calcareous.
	www.geology.pitt.edu /GeoSites/monongahela_group.htm (754 words)

	Monongahela - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Monongahela tribe of Native Americans who were the first human inhabitants of Western Pennsylvania, and whose name the aforementioned river and town bear.
		Monongahela Railway or Monongahela Connecting Railroad - two different railroads that served western Pennsylvania.
		This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monongahela (127 words)

	USACE-Pittsburgh District Internet Site
		Braddock Dam Segments One and Two, weighing 16,800 and 13,500 tons respectively, were towed 27.5 miles along the Ohio and Monongahela Rivers from their casting facility in Leetsdale to the outfitting pier in Duquesne to the project site at Braddock.
		Concrete struts were constructed across the floor of the locks to stabilize the walls prior to raising the upper pool by 6’ in 1967 when the new gated dam was built.
		At that time, the up-river Maxwell Locks and Dam were constructed to replace several old middle Monongahela River projects, and a new dam was constructed at Locks and Dam 4 to raise the pool to the new Maxwell project.
	www.lrp.usace.army.mil /pm/lowermon.htm (886 words)

	Monongahela News
		The Fallowfield Township Lions had a very successful white cane day due to the kindness of the people of Monongahela and the area for their contributions to the blind or to the people in need of eyeglasses.
		The son of Washington Township Supervisor Joanne Latkanich was charged Thursday by state police with aggravated assault for allegedly attacking and injuring a man who is challenging his mother for her seat in...
		She was visiting a senior center in Donora when she ran into Joanna Altamare, of Monongahela, who began talking about the painting class at the Bullskin center.
	www.topix.net /city/monongahela-pa (1319 words)

	Monongahela River -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at Pittsburgh, it flows northwest out of Pennsylvania, then in a general southwesterly direction to join the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois (see), after a course of 981 miles (1,579 km).
		county, extreme southwestern Pennsylvania, U.S. It consists of a hilly region on the Allegheny Plateau bordered by West Virginia to the west and south, the Monongahela River to the east, Tenmile Creek to the northeast, and Enlow Fork to the northwest.
		The Ohio is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at Pittsburgh, Pa. The river travels 981 miles (1,579 kilometers).
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9053405 (840 words)

	DANFS: USS Monongahela (AO-42) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The second Monongahela (AO-42) was built as commercial oil tanker ElKay in 1942 by Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.; acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission 31 July 1942; and commissioned at Norfolk, Va., 11 September 1942, Capt. Thomas H. Bell in command.
		Assigned to the Pacific Fleet, Monongahela departed Norfolk in November 1942 for Aruba, Netherlands West Indies, where she loaded oil and then steamed to Noumea, New Caledonia, via the Panama Canal to supply American forces engaged in the struggle for Guadalcanal.
		Monongahela remained active in the Pacific, supplying U.N. forces in the Far East, until transferred to the Atlantic Fleet in March 1953, joining the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean for extended operations 13 months later.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/AO/ao42.html (591 words)

	Search Results for "Monongahela" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Monongahela, (mnon´ghe´l, -ha´l) (KEY), river, 128 mi (206 km) long, formed at Fairmont, N W.Va., by the junction of the West Fork and Tygart rivers.
		8,525), Allegheny co., SW Pa., on the Monongahela River, opposite McKeesport, in a coal region; settled 1789,...
		7,036), Allegheny co., W Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh, on the Monongahela River; inc. 1897.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=Monongahela (260 words)

	Monongahela River Background (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Monongahela River runs north from the confluence of the West Fork and Tygart rivers at Fairmont, West Virginia.
		In 1837, after years of planning, the Monongahela Navigation Company, chartered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, began building a series of seven locks and dams from Pittsburgh towards the West Virginia state line.
		Tygart Lake, in the headwaters of the Mon, was built by the Corps to provide a more dependable supply of water in case of drought on this important waterway.
	www.lrp.usace.army.mil /nav/monback.htm (388 words)

	West Virginia - Monongahela National Forest
		In the heart of West Virginia's expansive mountainous terrain lies the Monongahela National Forest.
		In total, the Monongahela National Forest has over 20 campgrounds with 600 campsites that are open from Apr 15- Oct 31.
		Monongahela National Forest, USDA Bldg, 200 Sycamore Street, Elkins, WV 26241 (304) 257-4488.
	www.scenicus.com /WV/Mon.htm (689 words)

	Monongahela National Forest - West Virginia State Park -
		The Monongahela National Forest Review of Roadless Areas - The Monongahela National Forest Review of Roadless Areas.
		This is the last and best opportunity we may have to reserve roadless areas in the Eastern National Forests.
		Welcome to the Monongahela National Forest in Elkins, WV.
	www.stateparks.com /monongahela.html (283 words)

	Monongahela River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Monongahela River is a river of the eastern (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States of America.
		It is one of the largest rivers in the US to flow in a generally northerly direction.
		The Monongahela has been heavily used by industry, and several US Steel plants, including the Homestead Works, were built along its banks.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/monongahela_river.htm (164 words)

	American Metal Market: Monongahela action is delayed: confirmation of assets sale postponed 90 days (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A group of former employes, however, asked the judge not to confirm the sale because it was attempting to put together a plan to buy the mills.
		The NLRB's interest in the property stems from a September 1981 ruling against Monongahela Steel and an order to reopen the then-closed plant, rehire workers and pay about $1-million in back wages and benefits.
		While disposition of the assets of Monongahela Steel remains unresolved, late last month the assets of Youngstown Steel were sold in bankruptcy court in Youngstown for about $1-million, according to the trustee of assets, Gus Bahas.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3MKT/is_v92/ai_3313794 (549 words)

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