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Claytor LakeClaytor Lake in Pulaski County, Virginia is a 4,500 acre, 21-mile 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
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