Point Marion, Pennsylvania

The Albert Gallatin Memorial Bridge (also known as the Point Marion Bridge) was a cantilever truss bridge that carried vehicular traffic across the Monongahela River in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Built in 1930 to replace a ferry, it connected Point Marion in Fayette County and Dunkard Township in Greene County. It was named in honor of U.S. Senator, and longtime U.S. Treasury Secretary and diplomat Albert Gallatin, whose Friendship Hill homestead is nearby.

Cheat Canyon — also called Cheat River Canyon or Cheat River Gorge — is a 10-mile (16 km) long, forested Canyon of the Cheat River at the western edge of the Allegheny Mountains in northeastern West Virginia, United States. A popular whitewater venue, for many years the Canyon has been the object of controversy as environmental activists have contended with timber and development interests over its preservation status.

The Cheat River is a 78.3-mile-long (126.0 km) tributary of the Monongahela River in eastern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Via the Ohio River, the Cheat and Monongahela are part of the Mississippi River watershed. Owing to the ruggedness of the surrounding Allegheny Mountains, the Cheat remains largely remote with few settlements or developments along its banks. Its headwaters are in the Cheat-Potomac Ranger District of the Monongahela National Forest.

Point Marion Lock and Dam, previously known as Lock and Dam Number 8, is one of nine navigational structures on the Monongahela River between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Fairmont, West Virginia. Maintained and built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the gated dam forms an upstream pool that is 11.2 miles (18.0 km) long, stretching to the base of the Morgantown Lock and Dam. It is located at river mile 90.5 (river kilometer 145.6). There is one lock chamber on the left descending bank of the river at the dam, 84 feet (26 m) wide and 720 feet (220 m) long. The reservoir formed by the dam is also a municipal and industrial water supply.

Dilliner is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along the Monongahela River and Pennsylvania Route 88, 1.7 miles (2.7 km) northwest of Point Marion. Dilliner has a post office with ZIP code 15327.

Stewartstown is an unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. William Stewart and his wife Elizabeth Givens Stewart originally settled Stewardstown in 1771. It lies in the region of Monongalia County known as The Forks of Cheat, so named because that is the area where the Cheat empties (forks) into the Monongahela River. It is nestled close to the Cheat River, off US-119 on a bend in the river. There in 1775, Rev John Corbly organized the Forks-of-the-Cheat Baptist Church, the oldest continuously operating church in West Virginia.

Springhill Township is a township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,726 at the 2020 census. The Albert Gallatin Area School District serves the region. Unincorporated communities in the township include Friendship Heights, White House, McKinley Hill, Sprucetown, Nilan, and Gans.

Fort Martin Power Station is a coal-fired power station on the Monongahela River at Fort Martin, near Maidsville, West Virginia. It is owned and operated by Monongahela Power Company, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy. The station's two units have a combined nameplate capacity of 1,152 megawatts (MW) and a net summer capacity of 1,098 MW. The two units were started in the late 1960s and have been described as “ageing”. A new gas-fired plant has been proposed nearby.

Fort Martin Power Station is a coal-fired power plant in Monongalia County, West Virginia.

Lake Lynn is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. Lake Lynn is located on the Cheat River, 2 miles (3.2 km) east-southeast of Point Marion. Lake Lynn had a post office with ZIP code 15451.

Hoard is an unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. The community was named after the local Hoard family.

Cheat Lake is a 13-mile-long (21 km) reservoir on the Cheat River in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. It was originally named Lake Lynn, but the Board on Geographic Names officially decided upon Cheat Lake as the reservoir's name in 1976. Cheat Lake is located immediately downstream of the 10-mile-long (16 km) Cheat Canyon. Cheat Lake has 3 marinas located towards the river end of the reservoir. They are Edgewater Marina, Cheat Lake Marina, and Sunset Beach Marina. Cheat Lake Dam is located directly south of the Mason–Dixon line border with Pennsylvania. The dam is run by eleven employees and has a generating capacity of 52 megawatts (70,000 hp). Cheat Lake Dam's total length across the Cheat River is approximately 1,000 feet (300 m). The first water flowed over the dam on December 23, 1925 and it began its operation on May 31, 1926.