High Rock Lake North Carolina

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, the lake is the northernmost of a series of four hydroelectric projects designed at the time to support the company’s …
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, 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 smelting operation located 16 miles downstream in the community of Badin. After the permanent closing of the Badin Works in 2007, Alcoa continued to operate its Yadkin hydroelectric facilities until selling them to Cube Hydro Carolinas in 2016.
  • Location: Davidson / Rowan counties, North Carolina, United States
  • Primary inflows: Yadkin River, Abbotts Creek South Yadkin River
  • Primary outflows: Tuckertown Reservoir
  • Basin countries: United States
  • Surface area: 15,180 acres (61.4 km²)
  • Surface elevation: 655 ft (200 m) at full pool
  • Settlements: Southmont, Lexington, Salisbury

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Data from: en.wikipedia.org