The Kanawha River flows through the mountains of West Virginia and past the state capitol of Charleston. The river connects to the New River near the New River Gorge National Park. Route 60 winds its way along the Kanawha River and through the town of Glen Ferris. It is there that you will see the Kanawha Falls and and old power plant building next them. The hydroelectric plant was built in 1899 and produced electricity from until 2004, when one of its large generators failed. In 2010 the old plant was refurbished and began generating electricity in 2011. A park sits across from the falls and the plant and gives a spectacular view of the river powering the generators as you listen to the water falling over the the rocks.
P.S. Growing up in the flat lands of central Michigan, it is interesting driving down the winding mountain roads of West Virginia.
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