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Montgomery Government Lock and Dam on the Ohio River, Beaver County, PA, 1945

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

The view shows the Montgomery Government Lock and Dam spanning the Ohio River, with its row of massive concrete piers, a truss-and-roadway deck carried across the crest, and water spilling through the gates below a wooded hillside. The caption names it as a federal (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) navigation structure on the Ohio River. Montgomery Island Dam was one of the fixed-crest dams built in the 1930s to give the Ohio a dependable nine-foot navigation channel, and it stood near Industry in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, downstream from Pittsburgh.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Just a line to tell you we are afraid of the gas situation. If we couldnt get gas when we would get home we couldnt get to work. If it is settled today we could come if not we wont

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 on the Ohio River, Beaver County, PA, 1945, postcard, c. 1945. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/montgomery-government-lock-and-dam-on-the-ohio-river-beaver. Accessed November 2, 2026.