Tygart Dam — also known as Tygart River Dam — is a dam built and operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in Taylor County, West Virginia...
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The Tygart Valley River — also known as the Tygart River — is a principal tributary of the Monongahela River, approximately 135 miles (217 km) long, in...
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Monongahela River (section Dam removal)
Turtle Creek, Tygart Valley River, West Fork River, Youghiogheny River. The river is navigable its entire length with a series of locks and dams that maintain...
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he was in charge of the construction of the Tygart Dam in West Virginia and the Emsworth Locks and Dam in Pennsylvania. During World War II, Potter served...
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Hydroelectric power in the United States (redirect from Largest hydroelectric dams in the United States)
nation's hydroelectricity. Hydroelectricity projects such as Hoover Dam, Grand Coulee Dam, and the Tennessee Valley Authority have become iconic large construction...
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Summersville Dam, Summersville Lake, USACE Sutton Dam, Sutton Lake, USACE Tygart River Reservoir Dam, Tygart River Reservoir, USACE Wells Lock and Dam, on the...
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the county seat of Taylor County, West Virginia, United States, along the Tygart Valley River. The population was 4,729 at the 2020 census. It originally...
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Virginia. The site is now underwater in Tygart Lake, having been inundated after construction of the Tygart Dam (1934–38). U.S. Geological Survey Geographic...
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Virginia, USA. The site is now underwater in Tygart Lake, having been inundated after construction of the Tygart Dam (1934–38). List of ghost towns in West...
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Virginia, USA. The site is now underwater in Tygart Lake, having been inundated after construction of the Tygart Dam (1934–38). U.S. Geological Survey Geographic...
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tributaries, the Tygart Valley River and the West Fork River. Opekiska's 7.4-mile (11.9 km) downstream pool is formed by Hildebrand Lock and Dam. Construction...
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Historic District Clendenin 1930s Smoot Theater interior Parkersburg 1926 Tygart Dam Taylor County 1938 Verizon Building Clarksburg 1948 Whitesville School...
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S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) dams or reservoirs: Beech Fork, Bluestone, Stonewall Jackson Lake, and Tygart Lake. Nine state parks feature New Deal-era...
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4-mile-long (73.1 km) tributary of the Tygart Valley River in north-central West Virginia, USA. Via the Tygart Valley, Monongahela and Ohio rivers, it...
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Rough River Dam State Resort Park is a Kentucky state park encompassing 637 acres (258 ha) on Rough River Lake in Grayson county. Rough River Dam of 1959...
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West Fork River (section Dams and navigation)
Monongah to Fairmont, where it joins the Tygart Valley River from the west to form the Monongahela River. (The Tygart is thus the "East Fork" of the Monongahela...
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ecosystem residing in the dam inundation area. The Sierra Club spearheaded the formation of a group opposed to the construction of the dam. This group obtained...
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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...
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Hughes River (its largest tributary) in Wirt County; and Walker Creek, Tygart Creek, Slate Creek and Worthington Creek in Wood County. Additionally, a...
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Mapper 2.0, Pleasant Creek WMA, retrieved December 20, 2008 "Tygart Lake Fishing". Dam and Lakes in the Pittsburgh District. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
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Originally managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which constructed dams to create the two lakes in this area, the recreation area was later transferred...
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of The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas 1934–38: Tygart River Reservoir Dam near Grafton, West Virginia 1935: Duke Ellington Bridge in Washington...
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Little Beaver State Park (redirect from Little Beaver Dam)
rentals at Little Beaver Lake 46-site Campground Little Beaver Dam is a historic dam located in the park, near Crow. It was built between 1938 and 1942...
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Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park is a Kentucky state park located on the northern shore of Kentucky Lake in Marshall County. The park encompasses...
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18??, Audra (Burnt, 1940s) Moatsville Covered Bridge, 18??, across the Tygart Valley River at Moatsville (Destroyed, 19??s) Braxton County Bulltown Covered...
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Resort Park is located in Carter County, Kentucky, United States, along Tygarts Creek. It is formed by Carter Caves, and nearby Cascade Caves, which were...
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similarly polished stone tools have been found among the Montaine sites in the Tygart Valley. Small groups of Montaine people appear to have lingered much beyond...
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River, and ending in Fairmont, West Virginia, where the West Fork River and Tygart Valley River combine to form the Monongahela. Transport portal Engineering...
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Tygarts State Forest is a state forest in Carter County, Kentucky, United States. The 874 acres (3.54 km2) forest was established in 1957, near Carter...
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Waterways of West Virginia (section Kanawha River dams)
inhabitants of the tributaries of the Monongahela, Potomac, Greenbrier, Elk, Tygart, and Gauley highland watershed's divide, near the village of Mingo Flats...
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