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Monongahela River

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The Alleghany and the Monongahela rivers join at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River.
The Alleghany and the Monongahela rivers join at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River.

The Monongahela River is a tributary to the Ohio River with its headwaters in the Alleghany Mountains.[1]

The first steamboat to make a round trip from the Ohio River to New Orleans, and back, was built in Brownsville, on the Monongahela.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Monongahela: River of Dreams, River of Sweat". Pennsylvania State University Press.
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