Narrows Dam and Power Plant Complex

Narrows Dam and Power Plant Complex
Location Yadkin River and SR 1704, Badin, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°25′07″N 80°05′33″W / 35.41861°N 80.09250°W / 35.41861; -80.09250Coordinates: 35°25′07″N 80°05′33″W / 35.41861°N 80.09250°W / 35.41861; -80.09250
Area 72 acres (29 ha)
Built 1917 (1917)
Built by Rickey, James W.
Architectural style No Style Listed, Concrete arch dam
MPS Badin MRA
NRHP Reference # 83004001[1]
Added to NRHP October 12, 1983

Narrows Dam and Power Plant Complex is a national historic district located at Badin, Stanly County, North Carolina. The district encompasses one contributing buildings and two contributing structures in the company town of Badin. The dam and power plant were built in 1917 by Alcoa to support the Badin plant. At the time of its completion, the Narrows Dam was the world's highest overflow type dam. The Narrows power plant is a one-story building nine bays wide with a gable roof and six-foot raised monitor roof.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Brent D. Glass and Pat Dickinson (May 1981). "Narrows Dam and Power Plant Complex" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-05-01.


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