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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.
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 ).
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.
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.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
Tygart Lake State Park sits on 391 acres (1.58 km 2) [3] along the shores of Tygart Lake in Taylor County near Grafton, West Virginia, United States. Facilities
Wildlife Resources Section, WV Division of Natural Resources Pleasant Creek Wildlife Management Area is located near Philippi, West Virginia in Barbour and Taylor counties. Located on 3,030 acres (1,230 ha) land that varies from wetlands to steeply forested woodlands, the Pleasant Creek WMA rises to an elevation of 1,600 feet (490 m).
Dam [1] Height Year removed Location Watercourse Watershed Notes Appalachian Lake Dam 15 ft (4.6 m) 2019 Preston County: Fike Run: Cheat River [2] National Inventory of Dams ID WV07729. Brumfield Dam (Tyler Farm Pond Dam) 2019 Salt Rock