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Claytor Lake in Pulaski County, Virginia, is an approx. 4,500 acre (18 km²), 21 mile (34 km) long reservoir on the New River created for a hydroelectric project of Appalachian Power Company. It is named for W. Graham Claytor, Sr. (1886–1971) of Roanoke, Virginia, a vice president of Appalachian Power who had supervised construction of the Claytor Dam which created the lake. Three miles of Claytor Lake's shoreline is bordered by Claytor Lake State Park, operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/cla.shtml )〕 == History == In 1910, the New River Power Company began acquiring land on the New River, south of Radford, Virginia, for the impoundment for several hydroelectric dam projects.〔http://www.claytorhydro.com/documents/history/Claytor%20Hydro%20Public%20Info%20Booklet%20-%20Final.pdf, accessed May 30, 2015.〕 By 1925, these projects had been combined, and control of the project passed to Appalachian Power Company.〔"Power Company Closes Deal for Poor House Farm Land," ''Southwest Times'', Tues., June 23, 1925, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapulask/poorhouse/PoorHouseArticle1925June23.jpg, accessed May 31, 2015.〕 The construction of Development No. 6, later called the Claytor Dam, began in 1937 and was completed in 1939.〔http://www.frenchriverland.com/claytor_dam.htm, accessed May 30, 2015.〕 By the Spring of 1940, the New River was fully impounded, and Claytor Lake was formed. Claytor Dam is a gravity concrete dam, impounding an estimated storage capacity of 225,000 acre-feet. The plant is the largest of the power company's 12 hydroelectric plants, with a total generating capacity of 75 megawatts.〔http://www.claytorhydro.com/about/〕 In early 1944, the people of the surrounding area expressed an interest in the establishment of a state park on the new lake. The idea continued to grow, and in 1946 private citizens and businesses from Pulaski, Radford and Blacksburg raised the money needed to purchase from Appalachian Power. This land was given to the state to be developed as Claytor Lake State Park. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Claytor Lake」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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