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Tygart Dam — also known as Tygart River Dam — is a gravity dam built (1934-38) and operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States. [2] The dam regulates the waters of the Tygart Valley River. Its storage reservoir is known as Tygart Lake.
The Tygart Valley River in Elkins in 2006 Tygart River Lake and Dam near Grafton, West Virginia. View is upriver to the south. The Tygart Valley River — also known as the Tygart River — is a principal tributary of the Monongahela River, approximately 135 miles (217 km) long, [3] in east-central West Virginia in the United States.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in West Virginia.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
Pages in category "Tygart Valley River" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Tygart Dam; Tygart Lake State Park; V.
Tygart River Reservoir Dam: Tygart River Reservoir Dam. June 23, 1995 : On the Tygart Valley River, 2.25 miles south of Grafton Grafton: See also ...
This is a list of populated places along the Tygart Valley River in the United States. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ...
The Assembly also authorized in 1806 the construction of mill dams across the Monongahela River, Cheat River, Tygart Valley River, or the West Fork of the Monongahela River. [11] Along with the rest of western Virginia, the Cheat River Valley became part of the new state of West Virginia in 1863.
The Monongahela is formed by the confluence of the West Fork River and its "east fork"—the Tygart Valley River—at Fairmont in north central West Virginia. From there it flows northeasterly to cross the Pennsylvania border just west of north Cheat Lake on its Cheat River tributary.