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• Carpenter Family

  … /858 Award in 1988, died in 1997. The Carpenter family home at the mouth of Laurel Fork was inundated by the "Sutton Dam":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/652, completed in 1955 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Ernie Carpenter never got …

• West Fork River

  … river, and required owners of mill dams to install chutes for the … on the West Fork, using dams, chutes, and locks. In May … urban people who supported a dam and rural interests who opposed … finally authorized in 1966. The dam continued to be bitterly opposed …

• Jug of Middle Island Creek

  … cut. Thus by the end of the 19th century the Jug had became an island. The West Virginia Conservation Commission constructed a dam and bridge across the raceway in 1947, thereby restoring the flow of water in the original channel. Today the "Division …

• Kanawha County

  … as diverse as Coal River, Mill Creek, and Cannelton. Further, sluice dams and dredging in the 1820s that allowed steamboat traffic, the … /1337 by 1906. Between 1875 and 1898, ten locks and dams provided year-round navigation on the Kanawha. Several branch …

• Cheat Lake

  The Cheat River dam was built as a privately owned "hydroelectric":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/777 facility in 1924–26. The resulting Cheat Lake covers 1,730 surface acres, stretching from the "Mason-Dixon Line":https://www. …

• Kanawha Falls

  … Since about 1900 the falls have been augmented by a low dam along the crest. Hydroelectric power has been generated there for more … of the 20th century. The shallow lake created by the dam and falls extends upstream to Gauley Bridge, combining with the …

• Cheat River

  … in northern West Virginia. It flows free, untamed, and without dams from its headwaters to "Cheat Lake":http://www. … the river and setting the stage for record flooding. A private dam to generate electricity, completed in 1926 near the state line, …

• Kanawha River

  … could be maintained. Ten "locks and dams":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … River flooded. Finally after a series of dams were installed on the tributaries, high … The Great Kanawha had been tamed, the dams providing deeper water where that was …

• Lakes

  … surface. There are 13 navigational "dams":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org … Kanawha and Monongahela rivers. These dams, with their movable gates, are … pools created by these navigational dams provide recreational opportunities, economic development …

• Lewis County

  … Jackson Lake":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/597 and Dam brought major change to southeastern Lewis County in the late 20th century. The dam, originally opposed by local residents facing displacement, was completed in …

• Coal River

  … timber. In the 1850s, the "Coal River Navigation Company":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1368 built eight locks and dams on the Coal as far as Peytona, to ship bargeloads of high-quality "cannel coal":http://www.wvencyclopedia. …

• Coal River Navigation Company

  … in 1855 with eight locks and dams eventually being built on the … and maintenance of the locks and dams were limited. On September 29, … were made on the locks and dams. However, the market for coal … 1882, the Coal River locks and dams had been abandoned, and by …

• Lincoln County

  … settler, Alexander Griffith. In the late 1840s, "locks and dams":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1428 were constructed on … is often called. An 1861 flood destroyed the locks and dams, and they were never rebuilt. The people were about …

• Little Kanawha River

  … , recommended that 10 "locks and dams":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … contracts for the first four locks and dams in 1867. By 1874, boats could … the surface of the river. "Burnsville Dam":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles …

• Mud River

  … of a flood-control reservoir on the Mud River, but there seemed to be little public interest in the project and it was never built. A flood-control dam was built on the upper Mud River in the mid-1990s, creating a 306-acre lake near Spurlockville.

• Mason County

  … been important throughout the county’s history. The Gallipolis Locks and Dam was constructed in 1933–37. One of the largest such … it has since been replaced by the Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam. On December 15, 1967, the "Silver Bridge":http:// …

• New River

  … soon slow the New River to a wide expanse of lazy water. The dam, just above the railroad town of Hinton, was built primarily for flood control and completed in 1949. Below the dam, as the elevation drops and hills push against its banks, the …

• Ohio River

  … have been increased by a series of 19 "locks and dams":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1428, seven along West … of floodwalls and levees on the Ohio, and flood-control dams on the tributaries. All of West Virginia except the Eastern …

• Mingo County

  … of many businesses in the riverside communities of Williamson, Matewan, Kermit, and Gilbert. The "R. D. Bailey Lake and Dam":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1954 was completed on the Guyandotte in 1980 as a flood-control project, and …

• Potomac River

  … , the North Branch valley is an old industrial area, rich in mining and manufacturing history. The North Branch is dammed above Piedmont, where the "Jennings Randolph Lake":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1007 helps to regulate water …

• R. D. Bailey Lake

  … www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/751. The dam was the first rock-fill … job. The 310-foot-high dam is the second-highest in … with the development of the dam and lake, which is leased … mine bench, 300 feet above the dam, the visitors’ center includes exhibits …

• East Lynn Lake

  … of Wayne on State Route 37. It is created by an earthen dam on the East Fork of Twelvepole Creek. The lake is 12 … of Engineers":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/843, which built the dam in 1969. An additional 22,928 acres of land is managed by …

• The Monongahela River

  … to a system of "locks and dams":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … as a result eventually built another nine dams, finishing with No. 15 in 1904. … across the river bottom. Despite the navigation dams, the lower Monongahela flooded heavily in …

• Forks of Cheat

  … were important in the 20th century. The construction of the "Cheat Lake":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1109 dam and hydroelectric station provided work in the 1920s, and recreational activities associated with the lake help shape the …

• Gauley River

  … quot;:http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/631 and Dam are located 34 miles above the mouth of Gauley River. The dam was constructed between 1960 and 1966, at … of the Gauley River from the Summersville Dam downstream to the tiny town of Swiss …