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'Cheat Lake' is an eight mile (13 km) long reservoir on the Cheat River in Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA. It was originally named 'Lake Lynn', but the Board on Geographic Names officially decided upon 'Cheat Lake' as the reservoir's name in 1976. Cheat Lake's size is about .
Cheat Lake Dam is located directly south of the Mason-Dixon Line border with Pennsylvania. The dam is run by eleven employees and has a generating capacity of 52 megawatts. Cheat Lake Dam's total length across the Cheat River is approximately 1,000 feet (305 m). It began its operation on May 31, 1926.

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★ CheatLake.com

★ Cheat Lake Environment & Recreation Association (CLEAR)

★ Cheat Lake Today

★ Survey number HAER WV-30 - Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown vicinity, Monongalia County, WV