In 1923, the West Virginia Power and Transmission Company (WVPTC, later called Allegheny Power Systems), bought 13230 acres in the northern half of the Valley from Babcock with a long-range plan to construct a hydroelectric power plant that would flood much of the Valley Michael, Edwin Daryl (2002), A Valley Called Canaan: 1885-2002, Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Printing Company.