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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.
Grafton, West Virginia: Coordinates: Length: 1.6 km (0.99 mi) Area: 1,750 acres (7.1 km 2) Average elevation: 1375 ft: Created: 1938: Named for: Tygart Lake on Tygart River: Governing body: West Virginia Division of Natural Resources: Website: wvstateparks.com /park /tygart-lake-state-park /
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.
Grafton is a city in and the county seat of Taylor County, West Virginia, United States, along the Tygart Valley River. [6] The population was 4,729 at the 2020 census. [4] It originally developed as a junction point for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, serving numerous branches of a network that was vital to the regional coal industry.
It was a mostly sunny day on July 4, 1929, when Droop Mountain became the first state park in West Virginia. According to newspaper accounts, as many as 10, 000 poured into the place, to see the ...
On the Tygart Valley River, 2.25 miles south of Grafton 39°18′41″N 80°01′58″W / 39.311389°N 80.032778°W / 39.311389; -80.032778 ( Tygart River Reservoir Grafton
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 ).
Get the Grafton, WV local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Video: 1 dead, 1 saved as US Coast Guard makes dramatic nighttime rescue in Washington state.