Claytor Lake

Claytor Lake in Pulaski County, Virginia is a 4,500 acre (18 km²), 21 mile (34 km) long man made lake on the New River created for a hydroelectric project of Appalachian Power Company. Located in Claytor Lake State Park, it is named for W. Graham Claytor (1886–1971) of Roanoke, Virginia, a vice president of Appalachian Power who had supervised construction of the dam and creation of the lake in 1939.

Hiwassee Trestle, on the New River Trail, a former railroad line, crosses Claytor Lake. The bridge was built in 1931 by Virginia Bridge and Iron Co. of Roanoke, a subsidiary of the Norfolk and Western Railway. The trestle is 951 feet long.

External links

• Claytor Lake State Park (Virginia)
• Virginia Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries, Claytor Lake webpage
• Claytor Lake.net websiteCtaegory:Virginia history