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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 .
Fontana Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Little Tennessee River in Swain and Graham counties, North Carolina, United States. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to satisfy the skyrocketing electricity demands in the Tennessee Valley to support the aluminum industry at the height of World War II; it also provided electricity to a ...
The history of North Carolina from pre-colonial history to the present, covers the experiences of the people who have lived within the territory that now comprises the U.S. state of North Carolina. Findings of the earliest discovered human settlements in present day North Carolina, are found at the Hardaway Site , dating back to approximately ...
This is a list of the colonial governors of North Carolina. Governors of Roanoke and Raleigh. Sir Ralph Lane, governor of Roanoke (1585–1586)
Dams on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina (8 P) Pages in category "Dams in North Carolina" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
Pages in category "Dams on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
North Carolina — which The Associated Press in 2019 found had the second largest collection of dams in poor or unsatisfactory condition — set aside $7.2 million for removal of Shulls Mill Dam ...
Mission Dam is a dam on the Hiwassee River in Clay County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The dam is located between Hiwassee Dam and Chatuge Dam. The city of Andrews, North Carolina built the dam in 1924 at a cost of $500,000 to supply energy. [1] [2] The dam is the oldest on the river (other dams on along the Hiwassee were constructed ...