Silo Rapids
From West Virginia (WV) Cyclopedia
This Class III rapid on the upper New River Gorge whitewater-rafting segment, take their name from sand-plant silos on river-right, remnants of a quarrying operation formerly located near Ephram. The rapids may be formed from alluvial deposition washed down from Buffalo Creek, also on river-right. The rapids are located approximately two thirds of a mile downstream of the obvious remnants of the town of Thayer, on river-right.
An early map of the developing gorge, at right, employs the placename "Buffalo" at the mouth of "Buffalo Creek."
Map: Silo Rapids (http://www.wvamaps.com/maps/index.php?lat=37.91149743739436&lon=-81.02648735046387&place=-81.02648735046387,%2037.91149743739436&pop=0&state=n/a&county=Unknown&scale=4)
