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The Occoquan Boat Club (OBC), founded in 1979 by Rick Evans, is a major boating club located on the reservoir, organizing rowing, sponsoring crew races, sending teams to regattas, and advocating rowing in Northern Virginia. The OBC has 180 members and has over 19 shells, recognizable by their red and black striping on the bow. [4]
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 ).
The river is 24.7 miles (39.8 km) long, [6] and its watershed covers about 590 square miles (1,528 km 2).It is formed by the confluence of Broad Run and Cedar Run in Prince William County; Bull Run, which forms Prince William County's boundary with Loudoun and the northerly part of Fairfax counties, enters it east-southeast of Manassas, as the Occoquan turns to the southeast.
Dams on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia (5 P) Pages in category "Dams in West Virginia" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
Construction of the lake was completed in 1981, [3] and resulted in the flooding of the community of Shaw, West Virginia and the realignment of West Virginia Route 46. [4] The dam, rolled earth and rock fill, is 296 feet (90 m) high, has a crest length of 2,130 feet (650 m) and contains 10 million cubic yards (7.6 × 10 ^ 6 m 3) of material ...
Occoquan River • average: 9.01 cu ft/s (0.255 m 3 /s) at mouth with Occoquan River [4] Basin features; Progression: generally south [3] River system: Potomac River: Tributaries • left: unnamed tributaries • right: unnamed tributaries: Bridges: Rutledge Drive (x2), Clifton Road, Henderson Road, Cathedral Forest Drive, Hampton Road
On its northwestern track, the stream trickles through a number of residential communities before entering the grounds of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind. At the WVSDB, Big Run serves as a forested scenic stream that meanders through the school's grounds. As of 2008, the old dam behind the school's maintenance buildings remains.
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