Dan River Navigation System in North Carolina Thematic Resources includes a set of historic wing dams, sluices, and hauling walls located near
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Rockingham County, North Carolina
Rockingham County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,096. Its county seat is Wentworth. The county is known as "North Carolina's North Star."
Rockingham County is included in ...
. They were built between about 1823 and 1890 to improve navigation on the
Dan River
The Dan River flows in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. It rises in Patrick County, Virginia, and crosses the state border into Stokes County, North Carolina. It then flows into Rockingham County. From there it flows back int ...
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Components
The 11 components of the thematic resources listing were added on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1984.[
They are:
* Cross Rock Rapid Sluice
* Dead Timber Ford Sluices
* Eagle Falls Sluice
* Gravel Shoals Sluice
* Jacob's Creek Landing
* Mayo River Sluice
* Roberson's Fish Trap Shoal Sluice
* Slink Shoal Sluice and Wing Dams
* Tanyard Shoal Sluice
* Three Ledges Shoal Sluice
* Wide Mouth Shoal Sluice
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References
Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Buildings and structures completed in 1890
Buildings and structures in Rockingham County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submissions
Water transportation on the National Register of Historic Places
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