Dan River Navigation System in North Carolina Thematic Resources

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, Rockingham County, North Carolina. They were built between about 1823 and 1890 to improve navigation on the Dan River.^[2]

Components

The 11 components of the thematic resources listing were added on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

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

^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ a b Dan River Navigation System in North Carolina TR