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W. Graham Claytor
William Graham Claytor (1886 – 1971) of Roanoke, Virginia was vice president of Appalachian Power who supervised construction of the dam and creation of a 4,500 acre (18 km²), 21 mile (34 km) long lake on the New River in Pulaski County, a hydroelectric project completed in 1939. Claytor Lake and Claytor Lake State Park in Virginia, are named for him.
He was the father of W. Graham Claytor Jr. (1912-1994) and Robert B. Claytor (1922-1993) who were well-known transportation administrators who led several large American railroads, including Southern Railway, Norfolk and Western Railway, Norfolk Southern, and Amtrak.
His sons, the Claytor Brothers, are the subject of a semi-permanent exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia.
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