The Big Sandy River, bordering Kentucky and West Virginia, was once a bustling waterway with locks and dams to facilitate commerce. Its significance waned with the advent of railroads leading to the abandonment of most locks by 1947.
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The Greenup Locks and Dam, located in Lloyd, Kentucky, was built during an industrial boom along the Ohio River.
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The construction of the New Croton Dam in Westchester County, New York, necessitated the erection of two distinctive steel arch structures.
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The impoundment of the Tennessee River at Gilbertsville led to a significant change in the transportation landscape of western Kentucky.
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