Allegheny (ăl'əgā'nē, ăl'əgä'nē), river, 325 mi (523 km) long, rising in N central Pa., and flowing NW into N.Y., then SW through Pa. to the Monongahela River, with which it forms the Ohio River at Pittsburgh; drains 11,580 sq mi (29,992 sq km). Before the railroad era, the river was an important commercial route and is still used to transport coal and other bulky freight. Kinzua Dam (completed in 1965), a federal flood-control project on the river, forms a large lake; there are also dams on the river's tributaries. The Allegheny's basin has coal, oil, and natural gas.
Allegheny
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River
Synonym: Allegheny River
The adjective Allegheny has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
of or relating to or located in the Allegheny Mountains
Pertains to noun: Alleghenies (meaning #1)
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Allegheny or Alleghany may refer to:
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Geological features
- Allegheny Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountain Range, mostly in West Virginia, but also extending into Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia
- Allegheny Mountain (West Virginia-Virginia), major mountain ridge in the southern part of the Allegheny Mountains
- Back Allegheny Mountain, West Virginia
- Allegheny Plateau, which terminates in the east at the Allegheny Mountains
- Allegheny Front, the escarpment delineating the eastern edge of the Allegheny Plateau and Mountains, separating them from the lower Ridge and Valley Appalachians
- Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania
- Allegheny National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania
Counties
Communities and townships
- Alleghany, California, unincorporated community in Sierra County
- Allegany (town), New York
- Allegany (village), New York
- Allegheny, Pennsylvania, a city annexed by the city of Pittsburgh in 1907
- Allegheny Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Public works
- Allegheny Mountain Tunnel, a vehicular tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
- Allegheny Reservoir, a reservoir on the Allegheny River
- Allegheny River Tunnel, a light rail tunnel under the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh
Trails
- Allegheny Trail, a hiking trail in West Virginia
- Great Allegheny Passage including parts in Maryland and Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland, a rail trail
Rail
- Allegheny Railroad, a railroad operating in northwestern Pennsylvania (1985–92)
- Allegheny Valley Railroad, a railroad operating in Western Pennsylvania since 1992
- Allegheny Valley Street Railway, an electric rail line operating along the Allegheny River (1906–37)
- 2-6-6-6, a locomotive of the "Allegheny class"
Organizations
Alleghany Corp. , a railroad holding company- Allegheny Airlines, a forerunner of US Airways
- Allegheny College, in Meadville, Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Energy, a public utility (including its subsidiary Allegheny Power)
- Allegheny Foundation, a charitable organization focused on Western Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Mountain Radio, a network of radio stations in West Virginia and Virginia
- Allegheny Technologies, a specialty metals company
- Allegheny (titular see), a Roman Catholic titular see
Biology
- Allegheny woodrat, a species of pack rat in the Eastern United States
- Allegheny Wildlife Management Area, in Mineral County, West Virginia
- "Allegheny alligator", nickname for the hellbender
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