[caption id="attachment_16004" align="aligncenter" width="600"]<img src="http://pocahontastimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2017/05/Pres.-Poca.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="431" class="size-full wp-image-16004" /> Watoga Lake Construction – 1933[/caption] Logs lie on the ground ready for removal as the site is cleared for the lake at Watoga State Park. View is looking east. The lake was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1525 and was originally called Lake Killibuck. It is an 11-acre impoundment with a maximum depth of 20 feet and an average depth of 10 feet. Photo courtesy of Tom Shipley, ID PHP002396 Access the “Preserving Pocahontas” Digital Library at www.pocahontaspreservation.org or www.preservingpocahontas.org If you have photographs, slides, negatives or historical records to be scanned for the county Historical Archive contact Preservation Officer B. J. Gudmundsson at 304-799-3989 or email info@pocahontaspreservation.org Prints of photographs are available.
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