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Bynum Dam. The Haw River has been dammed many times throughout its history to provide power for mills, irrigation for crops, and drinking water supplies. Some remnants of dams are still visible. The following dams are still extant on the Haw River: [11] [12] B. Everett Jordan Dam - 113 ft (34 m) Bynum Dam - 8 ft (2.4 m) Saxapahaw Dam - 30 ft (9 ...
Tributary to East Fork Deep River: Recreation dam. Hoosier Dam (Reeves Lake Dam) 25 ft (7.6 m) 2018 Chatham County: Rocky River: Hydropower dam owned by Rocky River Hydro. Rush Mountain Dam 15 ft (4.6 m) 2017 Henderson
The original mill was built about 1872 beside the Haw River. There was a wooden dam about 1000 feet upstream and water from the mill race powered water wheels. Later the dam was rebuilt with concrete and electrical generators installed. [3] The spinning mill was purchased by John Milton Odell of Concord, North Carolina in 1886. [5]
The Haw River empties into the southern end of Jordan Lake. Apex and Cary draw their drinking water about six miles northeast, near U.S. 64.
Haw River was officially incorporated on June 1, 1973. The Haw River municipal building was dedicated on Sunday, July 18, 1976, as part of the nation's bicentennial. The Haw River Municipal Park was opened on August 7, 1981. [8] Haw River is the location of the untimely death of blood plasma pioneer Dr. Charles Drew, on April 1, 1950
Troublesome Creek rises in the City of Stokesdale in Guilford County on the divide between Troublesome Creek and Belews Creek . Troublesome Creek then flows northeast into Rockingham County and then southeast to meet the Haw River about 5 miles south of Reidsville, North Carolina. [2] Lake Reidsville is an impoundment of this stream.
Haw River • average: 14.63 cu ft/s (0.414 m 3 /s) at mouth with Haw River [4] Basin features; Progression: Haw River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean: River system: Haw River: Tributaries • left: unnamed tributaries • right: unnamed tributaries: Bridges: Strawberry Road, Lake Brandt Road, Cedar Ridge Farm Road
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