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Kentucky River The 259 miles long Kentucky River joins the Ohio River at Carrollton, KY. The 14 locks and dams on the river mostly were built in the late 19th century and mainly where connecting the coal mine reagions of the Cumberland Mountains with the Ohio River. Only locks 1 through 4 are still operated by the Corps of Engineers.
The Cumberland River was named by Dr. Thomas Walker, after The Duke of Cumberland of England. The Cumberland is 696 miles in length and drains almost 18,000 square miles in area. It is the sixteenth longest river in the U.S. The headwaters are marked mile 696, the mouth is mile 0. The mouth is at Smithland Kentucky, where it empties into the Ohio River. The headwaters are located in Harlan, Kentucky where the Poor, Martin's and Clover Forks converge. The Barkley Canal connects the Tennessee River with the Cumberland River. The Cumberland Falls on the upper part of the river are 60', and located in the Daniel Boone National Forest. There are 5 dams on the river, with 5 more on it's tributaries. Lake Cumberland is 110 miles in length.