Montgomery Government Lock and Dam on the Ohio River, circa 1940

Subjects: Bridges & Dams Rivers & Streams
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Montgomery Government Lock and Dam on the Ohio River, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

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 let you know that we are all well and hope this finds you the same It has been raining here for the past week but today it is better and we can get out in the garden We are getting some nice weather considering

PostmarkedSeptember 28, 1945, 17:00

Addressed to

Mrs Harry Collige

5740 Jefferson Ave, Ashtabula, Ohio

Postcard record

Postmarked	September 28, 1945, 17:00
Publisher	Imperial Greeting Card Co.
Series	49
Condition	Very good
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	Linen-textured stock with a white border; card number 49 printed at the end of the caption. Postmark: NEW BRIGHTON SEP 28 5 PM 1945 PA. Linen-texture divided-back card with white border; imprint of Imperial Greeting Card Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. (Colorcraft—Made by The Dexter Press). Light edge wear.

Cite this card

Montgomery Government Lock and Dam on the Ohio River, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/montgomery-government-lock-and-dam-on-the-ohio-river-circa-1. Accessed October 24, 2026.