Gathright Dam
Gathright Dam is an earthen and rolled rock-fill embankment dam on the Jackson River 19 miles north of Covington, Virginia. The dam is 257 feet tall and 1,310 feet long and has a controlled spillway within the structure's southern portion.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Dam
- …lies at an elevation of 1,470 feet (448 metres)
- Description: dam in Alleghany County, near Kincaid, Virginia
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenwood and Kincaid.
Greenwood
Locality
Greenwood, Bath County was an unincorporated community in Bath County, Virginia, United States.
Callison
Hamlet
Callison is an unincorporated community in Bath County, Virginia, United States. Callison is situated 3 miles northeast of Gathright Dam.
Gathright Dam
- Category: embankment dam
- Location
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Latitude
37.95151° or 37° 57′ 5″ north
Longitude
-79.95534° or 79° 57′ 19″ west
Open location code
8792X22V+JV
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In Other Languages
“Gathright Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gathright Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos, lat 37,95, long -79,96)”
- Cebuano: “Gathright Dam”
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