Narrows Dam

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gravity dam hydroelectric dam

Narrows Dam is a hydroelectric dam located on the Yadkin River in North Carolina, forming part of a major reservoir and power-generating system in the region.

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Label Occurrences
Narrows Dam canonical 6

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
associatedWithIndustry aluminum production ⓘ
constructionMaterial concrete ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1917 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createsWaterBody impoundment of Yadkin River ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
formsReservoir Badin Lake ⓘ
gridConnection regional power grid of North Carolina ⓘ
hasPowerPlant Narrows Hydroelectric Plant ⓘ
hasSpillway overflow spillway ⓘ
height approximately 200 feet ⓘ
infrastructureType hydroelectric infrastructure ⓘ
licenseType FERC hydroelectric license ⓘ
locatedIn North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInCounty Stanly County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Badin, North Carolina ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Yadkin River ⓘ
managingAgency Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ⓘ
surface form: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (licensed)
nearbyFacility Badin Works (former Alcoa aluminum plant) ⓘ
nearCity Albemarle, North Carolina ⓘ
New London, North Carolina ⓘ
nearProtectedArea Uwharrie National Forest ⓘ
openingDate 1919 ⓘ
owner Cube Hydro Carolinas ⓘ
partOf Yadkin Project ⓘ
Yadkin Project ⓘ
surface form: Yadkin River hydroelectric system
partOfCascadeWith Falls Dam ⓘ
High Rock Dam ⓘ
Tuckertown Dam ⓘ
previousOwner Alcoa Power Generating Inc. ⓘ
Alcoa ⓘ
surface form: Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa)
purpose hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
recreation support ⓘ
water level regulation ⓘ
regionServed Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ
riverBasin Yadkin–Pee Dee River system ⓘ
surface form: Yadkin–Pee Dee River Basin
state North Carolina ⓘ
supportsActivity boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
water sports ⓘ
usedFor lake-based recreation on Badin Lake ⓘ
regional electricity supply ⓘ
watercourse Yadkin River ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Yadkin River → hasDam → Narrows Dam ⓘ
Badin Lake → createdBy → Narrows Dam ⓘ
Yadkin–Pee Dee River system → hasDam → Narrows Dam ⓘ
High Rock Dam → isUpstreamOf → Narrows Dam ⓘ
Tuckertown Dam → locatedDownstreamFrom → Narrows Dam ⓘ
Tuckertown Dam → isPartOfCascadeWith → Narrows Dam ⓘ