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By J. J. Prats, June 8, 2017
Smith Mountain Project Pittsylvania County Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Ford Road (County Route 908) 1.7 miles north of Yorkshire Road (County Route 777), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Appalachian Power Company constructed Smith
Mountain and Leesville Dams on the Roanoke
River between 1960 and 1963 to generate hydroelectric energy, Between the dams, the river
rose to form 3,400-acre Leesville Lake. West of
Smith Mountain Dam, . . . — — Map (db m104452) HM |
| On Booker T. Washington Highway (Virginia Route 122) at Smith Mountain Lake, the county line, on the right when traveling south on Booker T. Washington Highway. |
| | Appalachian Power Company built Smith Mountain
and Leesville Dams between 1960 and 1963 to
generate hydroelectric energy. West of Smith
Mountain Dam, the waters of the Roanoke and
Blackwater Rivers formed Smith Mountain Lake,
covering 20,600 . . . — — Map (db m104438) HM |
| On Interpretive Trail, 1.7 miles south of State Park Road, on the right. |
| | Appalachian Power Company constructed Smith
Mountain and Leesville Dams between 1960 and
1963 to generate hydroelectric energy. The waters
of the Roanoke and Blackwater Rivers formed Smith
Mountain Lake, one of two resulting reservoirs,
which . . . — — Map (db m104439) HM |
May. 5, 2024