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The CSX Cumberland Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Maryland and West Virginia.The line runs from Brunswick, Maryland, west to Cumberland, Maryland, [1] along the old Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road (B&O) main line.
Savage River, groundwater flow Savage River, 1000 cfs dam release. The Savage River is a 29.5-mile-long (47.5 km) [1] river in Garrett County, Maryland, and is the first major tributary of the North Branch Potomac River from its source. The river was named for 18th-century surveyor John Savage. [2]
From the Fairfax Stone, the North Branch Potomac River flows 27 miles (43 km) to the man-made Jennings Randolph Lake, an impoundment designed for flood control and emergency water supply. Below the dam, the North Branch cuts a serpentine path through the eastern Allegheny Mountains.
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Jennings Randolph Lake is a reservoir of 952 acres (3.85 km 2) located on the North Branch Potomac River in Garrett County, Maryland and Mineral County, West Virginia. It is approximately 8 miles (13 km) upstream of Bloomington, Maryland, and approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Elk Garden, West Virginia.
Bloomington on the North Branch of the Potomac. The report proposed a 287-foot (87 m) concrete gravity dam with a gated overflow spillway. The reservoir was to be 1,300 acres (530 ha), impounding 137,000 acre-feet (0.169 km 3). The project was completed in 1981 as Jennings Randolph Lake with a rolled earth and rockfill dam, 296 feet (90 m) high.
Bloomington Viaduct crossing the North Branch Potomac River. The Mountain Subdivision was opened in 1852 as part of the B&O's main line. [6] In 1904 the B&O built the Patterson Creek Cutoff to alleviate congestion in its Cumberland rail yard.
This is a complete list of tributary streams of the Potomac River in the Eastern United States, listed in order from source to mouth. North Branch Potomac River (Maryland/West Virginia) South Branch Potomac River (Virginia/West Virginia) Town Creek (Maryland/Pennsylvania) Big Run (Maryland) Little Cacapon River (West Virginia) Purslane Run ...