Dan River Navigation System in North Carolina Thematic Resources includes a set of historic wing dams, sluices, and hauling walls located near
Eden,
Madison, and
Wentworth,
Rockingham County, North Carolina
Rockingham County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 91,096. Its county seat is Wentworth, North Carolina, Wentworth. The county ...
. They were built between about 1823 and 1890 to improve navigation on the
Dan River Dan River may refer to:
* Dan River (Virginia)
* Dan River (China)
* Dan River (Middle East)
Other
* Little Dan River
* Browns Dan River
* Dan Hole River
See also
* Dan (disambiguation)
Dan or DAN may refer to:
People
* Dan (name), inc ...
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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 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 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
]
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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