- W. Graham Claytor
William Graham Claytor (
20 December 1886 –28 February 1971 ) ofRoanoke, Virginia , was the vice president of Appalachian Power Company, an electric utility service.He is best remembered for supervising the construction of a
dam and creation of a 4,500 acre (18 km²), 21 mile (34 km) longlake on the New River in Pulaski County, ahydroelectric project completed in 1939. The resultantClaytor Lake and surrroundingClaytor Lake State Park inVirginia are named for him.Claytor married Gertrude Harris Boatwright, a lyric poet who published two collections of her poems. Their two sons each became well-known transportation administrators who led several large American
railroad s:*
W. Graham Claytor Jr. (1912-1994) headed the Southern Railway and laterAmtrak .*
Robert B. Claytor (1922-1993) was president of theNorfolk and Western Railway , and the first president of the newNorfolk Southern when it was created in 1982."The Claytor Brothers: Virginians Building America's Railroad" is a semi-permanent exhibit at the
Virginia Museum of Transportation inRoanoke, Virginia .References
* John T. Kneebone et al., eds., "Dictionary of Virginia Biography" (Richmond, 1998- ), 3:295-296. ISBN 0-88490-206-4
External links
* [http://www.dcr.state.va.us/parks/claytor.htm Claytor Lake State Park (Virginia)]
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