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Falls, North Carolina
Falls (aka Falls of Neuse; Falls of the Neuse), is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in Wake County, North Carolina, Wake County, North Carolina, United States, situated on Old Falls of Neuse Road, between Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh and Wake Forest, North Carolina, Wake Forest, near the Wakefield Plantation development. Falls Dam, on the Neuse River, is within the community. History First mention of school A "Lancaster" School was opened at the Falls of Neuse by Governor David Stone (politician), David Stone in 1814. James Boyle, trained at Georgetown University, Georgetown, D.C., was in charge of the school for two years. First mention of mills On Nov. 24th, 1846, the owner of certain property, Jas. D. Newsom, at the Falls (described as being 13 miles north of Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh on the Raleigh-Oxford Road) placed 113 acres for sale containing a Gristmill, grist mill, a Sawmill, saw mill, a Tanning (leather), tan yard, and stor ...
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Unincorporated Area
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as the military). There are many unincorporated communities and areas in the United States and Canada, but many countries do not use the concept of an unincorporated area. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut Province, Chubut, Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba, Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Formosa Province, Formosa, Neuquén Province, Neuquén, Río Negro Province, Río Negro, San Luis Province, San Luis, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán Province, Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only local go ...
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Sawmill
A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logging, logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes (dimensional lumber). The Portable sawmill, "portable" sawmill is simple to operate. The log lies flat on a steel bed, and the motorized saw cuts the log horizontally along the length of the bed, by the operator manually pushing the saw. The most basic kind of sawmill consists of a chainsaw and a customized jig ("Alaskan sawmill"), with similar horizontal operation. Before the invention of the sawmill, boards were made in various manual labour, manual ways, either wood splitting, rived (split) and plane (tool), planed, hewing, hewn, or more often hand sawn by two men with a whipsaw, one above and another in a saw pit below. The earliest known mechanical mill is the Hierapolis sawmill, a Roman water-powered stone mill at Hierapolis, Asia M ...
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Falls Lake
Falls Lake is a 12,410 acre (50 km2) reservoir located in Durham, Wake, and Granville counties in North Carolina, United States. It extends up the Neuse River to its source at the confluence of the Eno, Little, and Flat rivers, and has a shoreline of . The lake is named for the ''Falls of the Neuse'', a once whitewater section of the river that fell from the Piedmont into the lower Coastal Plain submerged during construction of the lake. The lake provides drinking water for several of the surrounding communities, including the city of Raleigh, aids with flood control and serves as a recreation area and wildlife habitat. Work on the dam that holds the lake began in 1978 and was completed in 1981. Prior to its construction, flooding of the Neuse River caused extensive damage to public and private properties including roadways, railroads, industrial sites, and farmlands. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is ...
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Wake Forest Township, Wake County, North Carolina
Wake Forest Township (also designated Township 19) is one of twenty townships within Wake County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, Wake Forest Township had a population of 65,491, a 119.4% increase over 2000. Wake Forest Township, occupying in northern Wake County, includes portions of the city of Raleigh Raleigh ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most populous city in the state (after Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte) ... and the entirety of the towns of Wake Forest and Rolesville. References External links Website for the town of Wake ForestWebsite for the town of Rolesville Townships in Wake County, North Carolina Townships in North Carolina {{WakeCountyNC-geo-stub ...
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Neuse Township, Wake County, North Carolina
Neuse Township (also designated Township 13) is one of twenty townships within Wake County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, Neuse Township had a population of 73,617, a 52.6% increase over 2000. Neuse Township, occupying in north-central Wake County, is almost completely occupied by portions of the city of Raleigh Raleigh ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most populous city in the state (after Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte) .... References Townships in Wake County, North Carolina Townships in North Carolina {{WakeCountyNC-geo-stub ...
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Bartons Creek Township, Wake County, North Carolina
Bartons Creek Township (also designated Township 2) is one of twenty townships within Wake County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, Bartons Creek Township had a population of 22,055. The township occupies in the northwestern corner of Wake County, including portions of the city of Raleigh. The township is bounded by the border with Durham County, Old Creedmoor Rd, Baileywick Rd, Creedmoor Rd, Strickland Rd, Falls of Neuse Rd, the Neuse River, and Falls Lake. The community of Falls is located partially within the township. Notable features include the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, Falls Lake State Recreation Area, and Blue Jay Point County Park. The entire township is within the Falls Lake watershed Watershed may refer to: Hydrology * Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins * Drainage basin, an area of land where surface water converges (North American usage) Music * Watershed Music Festival, an annual country ...
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New Light Township, Wake County, North Carolina
New Light Township (also designated Township 14) is one of twenty townships within Wake County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, New Light Township had a population of 7,591, a 61.2% increase over 2000. New Light Township, occupying north of Falls Lake Falls Lake is a 12,410 acre (50 km2) reservoir located in Durham, Wake, and Granville counties in North Carolina, United States. It extends up the Neuse River to its source at the confluence of the Eno, Little, and Flat rivers, and ... at the northern trip of Wake County, is the only Wake County township which contains no portions of any incorporated municipalities. References Townships in Wake County, North Carolina Townships in North Carolina Populated places on the Neuse River {{WakeCountyNC-geo-stub ...
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Boat House In Falls, North Carolina
A boat is a watercraft of a large range of types and sizes, but generally smaller than a ship, which is distinguished by its larger size or capacity, its shape, or its ability to carry boats. Small boats are typically used on inland waterways such as rivers and lakes, or in protected coastal areas. However, some boats (such as whaleboats) were intended for offshore use. In modern naval terms, a boat is a vessel small enough to be carried aboard a ship. Boats vary in proportion and construction methods with their intended purpose, available materials, or local traditions. Canoes have been used since prehistoric times and remain in use throughout the world for transportation, fishing, and sport. Fishing boats vary widely in style partly to match local conditions. Pleasure craft used in recreational boating include ski boats, pontoon boats, and sailboats. House boats may be used for vacationing or long-term residence. Lighters are used to move cargo to and from large ships unable ...
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National Register Of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Historic districts in the United States, districts, and objects deemed worthy of Historic preservation, preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value". The enactment of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it. Of the more than one and a half million properties on the National Register, 95,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing property, contributing resources within historic district (United States), historic districts. For the most of its history, the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the United States Department of the Interior. Its goals are to ...
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Falls Of The Neuse Manufacturing Company
Falls of the Neuse Manufacturing Company, also known as the Manteo Manufacturing Company and Forest Manufacturing Company, is a historic paper mill complex located at Falls, Wake County, North Carolina. The main mill building was built from1854–1855, and is a three-story, quarried granite block building measuring 195 feet long and 54 feet wide. Located on the property is the stone mill dam, measuring about 400 feet wide and roughly 6 feet tall, and the one-story picker room, measuring 53 feet square. The mill operated as a paper mill until 1896, and later housed a cotton mill and warehouse. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... in 1983. References External links * * Pulp and paper mills in the United ...
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Paper Mill
A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags, and other ingredients. Prior to the invention and adoption of the Fourdrinier machine and other types of paper machine that use an endless belt, all paper in a paper mill was made by hand, one sheet at a time, by specialized laborers. History Historical investigations into the origin of the paper mill are complicated by differing definitions and loose terminology from modern authors: Many modern scholars use the term to refer indiscriminately to all kinds of mills, whether powered by humans, by animals or by water. Their propensity to refer to any ancient paper manufacturing center as a "mill", without further specifying its exact power source, has increased the difficulty of identifying the particularly efficient and historically important water-powered type. Human and animal-powered mills The use of human and animal powered mills was known to Muslim and Chinese paper ...
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Forestville, North Carolina
Forestville is a formerly unincorporated community in Wake County, North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ..., United States, east of Falls at an elevation of 390 feet or 119 m. It currently lies within the town of Wake Forest, south of the intersection of NC 98 (Dr. Calvin Jones Highway) and US 1 Alternate (South Main Street). References * Unincorporated communities in Wake County, North Carolina Unincorporated communities in North Carolina {{WakeCountyNC-geo-stub ...
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