Built by James W. Rickey, MPS Badin MRA Area 29 ha Added to NRHP 12 October 1983 | Architectural style Concrete arch dam NRHP Reference # 83004001 Year built 1917 | |
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Location Yadkin River and SR 1704, Badin, North Carolina | ||
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.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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