Narrows Dam and Power Plant Complex

{{short description|Historic district in North Carolina, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Narrows Dam and Power Plant Complex

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = Narrows Dam and Power Plant.jpg

| caption =

| location = Yadkin River and SR 1704, Badin, North Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|35|25|07|N|80|05|33|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Carolina#USA

| built = {{Start date|1917}}

| builder = James W. Rickey

| architecture = Concrete arch dam

| added = October 12, 1983

| area = {{convert|72|acre}}

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000446|title=Badin MRA}}

| refnum = 83004001{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

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. At the time of its completion, the Narrows Dam was the world's highest overflow type dam. The Narrows power plant is a one-story building nine bays wide with a gable roof and six-foot raised monitor roof.{{Cite web | author = Brent D. Glass and Pat Dickinson | title = Narrows Dam and Power Plant Complex | work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date = May 1981 | url = http://www.hpo.ncdcr.gov/nr/ST0002.pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2015-05-01 }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.