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,

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. They were built between about 1823 and 1890 to improve navigation on the

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Components

The 11 components of the thematic resources listing were added on the

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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 {{RockinghamCountyNC-NRHP-stub