High Rock Dam

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gravity dam hydroelectric dam

High Rock Dam is a hydroelectric dam in North Carolina that impounds the Yadkin River to form High Rock Lake, a major reservoir for power generation and recreation.

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Label Occurrences
High Rock Dam canonical 6

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
associatedWithReservoirElevationFluctuation yes ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
constructionBegan 1917 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createsReservoir High Rock Lake ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
formerlyOwnedBy Alcoa Power Generating Inc. ⓘ
Yadkin, Inc. ⓘ
hasPowerPlant yes ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
impounds Yadkin River ⓘ
isUpstreamOf Falls Dam (Yadkin River) ⓘ
Narrows Dam ⓘ
Tuckertown Dam ⓘ
locatedIn North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Davidson County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rowan County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Lexington, North Carolina ⓘ
Salisbury, North Carolina ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Yadkin River ⓘ
namedAfter High Rock Mountain ⓘ
openingDate 1927 ⓘ
operator Cube Hydro Carolinas ⓘ
owner Cube Hydro Carolinas ⓘ
partOf Yadkin Project ⓘ
surface form: Yadkin River hydroelectric project

Yadkin–Pee Dee River system ⓘ
surface form: Yadkin–Pee Dee River Basin
purpose hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
recreation support ⓘ
water level regulation ⓘ
region Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ
reservoirMaxLength approximately 21 miles ⓘ
approximately 34 kilometres ⓘ
reservoirName High Rock Lake ⓘ
reservoirShorelineLength about 480 kilometres ⓘ
more than 300 miles ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea 15000 acres ⓘ
about 61 square kilometres ⓘ
reservoirUse boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreational tourism ⓘ
water sports ⓘ
supportsActivity bass fishing ⓘ
camping on reservoir shoreline ⓘ
crappie fishing ⓘ
sailing ⓘ
watercourse Yadkin River ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yadkin River → hasDam → High Rock Dam ⓘ
High Rock Lake → createdBy → High Rock Dam ⓘ
Yadkin–Pee Dee River system → hasDam → High Rock Dam ⓘ
Tuckertown Dam → locatedUpstreamFrom → High Rock Dam ⓘ
Tuckertown Dam → isPartOfCascadeWith → High Rock Dam ⓘ
Narrows Dam → partOfCascadeWith → High Rock Dam ⓘ