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Badin Lake is one of a series of lakes created by the damming of the Yadkin-Pee Dee River in the Uwharrie Lakes Region of the United States. The Badin Lake Dam was built in 1917 to support local aluminum smelting plant, Alcoa , and the associated community of Badin was named for the founder, Adrien Badin.
Badin Historic District is a national historic district located at Badin, Stanly County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 200 contributing buildings and 8 contributing sites in the company town of Badin.
Badin is located on the south end of Badin Lake which is a reservoir formed by damming the Yadkin River. North Carolina Highway 740 passes through the town. Albemarle is four miles to the southwest and New London is six miles to the northwest.
Narrows Dam and Power Plant Complex is a national historic district located at Badin, Stanly County, North Carolina. The district encompasses one contributing building and two contributing structures in the company town of Badin. The dam and power plant were built in 1917 by Alcoa to support the Badin plant.
The Hardaway Site, designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 31ST4, is an archaeological site near Badin, North Carolina. A National Historic Landmark, this multi-layered site has seen major periods of occupation as far back as 10,000 years. Materials from this site were and are used to assist in dating materials from other sites in the eastern ...
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]
The mountainous western North Carolina city of Asheville is mentioned several times throughout the book. Kya’s dad, Pa, is from Asheville. His family owned a plantation there, but lost it during ...
Badin Historic District: Badin Historic District: October 12, 1983 : Roughly bounded by NC 740, Pine St., and the country club property line: Badin: 3: Thomas Marcellus Denning House: Thomas Marcellus Denning House: January 24, 2011 : 415 N.