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High Rock Lake is a reservoir located on the Yadkin River in central North Carolina in the counties of Davidson and Rowan.Built in 1926-27 by the Tallassee Power Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa), the lake is the northernmost of a series of four hydroelectric projects designed at the time to support the company’s Badin Works, a large aluminum ...
High Rock Lake is the second largest lake in North Carolina, [2] and is managed under federal license by Alcoa.The licensing process is years long and has traditionally been relicensed for 50 years at a time, with the latest contract expected to be signed in 2008. [3]
Abbotts Creek starts in Kernersville, NC in Forsyth County and flows into High Rock Lake near Lexington, NC in Davidson County just north of Hwy 47. The section of High Rock Lake that is officially Abbotts Creeks ends near the Hwy 8 causeway, in Southmont, NC. The median flow at Lexington ranges from 50 to 200 cubic feet per second. [7]
The region consists of High Rock Lake in the north, followed by Tuckertown Reservoir, Badin Lake, Falls Reservoir, Lake Tillery and finally Blewett Falls Lake in the south. The region is bordered by the Uwharrie National Forest in the east and lies within Stanly, Rowan, Davidson, Montgomery, Anson, and Richmond counties
“It’s gross & scummy, but doesn’t appear to be a threat to water quality.”
The bridge that connects Lake Lure and Chimney Rock in Lake Lure, N.C. on Saturday, September 29, 2024. For a couple of days, the wreckage left the two communities as isolated as they were a ...
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High Rock Lake, at 15,180 acres (6,140 ha), was the largest lake on the Yadkin at that time. In 1929, the company's name was changed to Alcoa. In 1962, Alcoa built the Tuckertown Dam between High Rock and Narrows Reservoirs. [4] In August 2002, Alcoa temporarily suspended aluminum production at the Badin Works, laying off 377 workers. [6]