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  2. National Register of Historic Places listings in North Carolina

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    This is a list of structures, sites, districts, and objects on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina: . As of May 1, 2015, there are more than 2,900 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in all 100 North Carolina counties, including 39 National Historic Landmarks, two National Historic Sites, one National Military Park, one National ...

  3. List of North Carolina state parks - Wikipedia

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    According to the Division of Parks & Recreation, "the State Parks Act of 1987 lists six types of units included in the NC State Parks System." [1] These are State Parks, State Recreation Areas, State Natural Areas, State Lakes, State Trails, and State Rivers.

  4. Traffic barrier - Wikipedia

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    Traffic barrier with a pedestrian guardrail behind it. Traffic barriers (known in North America as guardrails or guard rails, [1] in Britain as crash barriers, [2] and in auto racing as Armco barriers [3]) keep vehicles within their roadway and prevent them from colliding with dangerous obstacles such as boulders, sign supports, trees, bridge abutments, buildings, walls, and large storm drains ...

  5. William B. Umstead State Park - Wikipedia

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    William B. Umstead State Park is a North Carolina state park in Wake County, North Carolina in the United States. It covers 5,599 acres (22.66 km 2) [3] nestled between the expanding cities of Raleigh, Cary, and Durham, North Carolina. It offers hiking, bridle, and bike trails, boat rentals, camping, picnic areas, and educational programs.

  6. List of state highways in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    SC 160 at the South Carolina state line: NC 49 in Charlotte: 1942: current NC 161 — — Virginia state line: NC 16 (now NC 88) in Warrensville: 1930: 1937 First form; renumbered NC 162 NC 161: 10.6: 17.1 SC 161 at the South Carolina state line: NC 274 in Bessemer City: 1937: current Second form NC 162 — — Virginia state line

  7. Category:State parks of North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Mayo River State Park (North Carolina) Medoc Mountain State Park; Merchants Millpond State Park; Morrow Mountain State Park; Mount Jefferson State Natural Area; Mount Mitchell State Park; Mountains-to-Sea Trail

  8. Guard rail - Wikipedia

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    Guardrail protecting expensive machinery. The majority of safety guardrails used in industrial workplaces are made from fabricated steel. Steel guardrail was originally developed by Armco (The American Rolling Mill Company) in 1933 as highway guardrail but is often used in the factories and warehouses of the industrial sector, despite not being intended for this application. [4]

  9. Merchants Millpond State Park - Wikipedia

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    Merchants Millpond State Park is a North Carolina state park in Gates County, North Carolina, in the United States. Located near Gatesville, in North Carolina's coastal plain, it covers 3,520 acres (14.2 km 2) [2] around a 200-year-old, 700-acre (280 ha) millpond and Lassiter Swamp. Canoeing is one of the park's major attractions.