"There used to be a swimming hole here that was 10- to 12-feet deep," said Dwight Siemiaczko, nodding toward an expanse of stream beneath the bridge carrying Holly Grove Drive across Paint Creek, about 1 mile upstream from its confluence with the Kanawha River at Hansford.

But these days, the former swimming hole "barely comes up to my knees," Siemiaczko said. "That's at least 8-feet thick of silt that's built up here." Kanawha Valley

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