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Montgomery Government Lock and Dam, Ohio River, PA, 1945

Subjects
Bridges & DamsRivers & Streams
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1945 (Linen)
Front of Montgomery Government Lock and Dam, Ohio River, PA, 1945, Mrs Harry College, OH, USA, c. 1945 linen postcard
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Back of Montgomery Government Lock and Dam, Ohio River, PA, 1945, Mrs Harry College, OH, USA, c. 1945 linen postcard
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About this postcard

The view looks across the Ohio River at the Montgomery Government Lock and Dam, a long line of concrete piers and spillway gates with a truss-and-roadway deck above the crest. Water passes through the dam below a wooded hillside. The caption names it the Montgomery Government Lock and Dam, the federal navigation dam often called Montgomery Island Dam. It was part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 1930s works on the Ohio, which maintained a nine-foot channel for barges and river traffic. The dam stood in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, downstream from Pittsburgh.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Well Ma and just a line to tell you we are afraid of the gas situation If we couldnt get gas when we would get home he couldnt get to work if it is settled to day we could come if not I dont look for sir

PublisherImperial Greeting Card Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. (Colorcraft—Made by The Dexter Press, Pearl River, N.Y.)
The Montgomery Government Lock and Dam on the Ohio River — 49
PostmarkedNEW BRIGHTON, PA, September 28, 1945, 17:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs Harry College

5270 Jefferson ave Ashkabula, OH

Postcard record

Postmarked, NEW BRIGHTON, PA
PublisherImperial Greeting Card Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. (Colorcraft—Made by The Dexter Press, Pearl River, N.Y.)
Series26166
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMrs Harry College, 5270 Jefferson ave, Ashkabula, OH
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1938, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
NotesLinen-textured divided-back card with white border; caption number 49 printed at end of front caption. Back imprint: Imperial Greeting Card Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Colorcraft—Made by The Dexter Press, Pearl River, N.Y.; stock number 26166. Postmark: NEW BRIGHTON SEP 28 5 PM 1945 PA. Light edge wear. A word is struck through before 'would get home' in the message.

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Montgomery Government Lock and Dam, Ohio River, PA, 1945, postcard, c. 1945. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/montgomery-government-lock-and-dam-ohio-river-pa-1945. Accessed November 3, 2026.