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Narrows (other)
A narrows is a fluvial landform. Narrows may also refer to: Places Geographical features * Narrows Creek, a stream in Sauk County, Wisconsin, US * Narrows Inlet, British Columbia, Canada * Narrows Pond, two small twin lakes in Winthrop, Maine, US Settlements * Narrows, Georgia, US * Narrows, Oregon, US * Narrows, Virginia, US ** Narrows Commercial Historic District * Grand Rivers, Kentucky, US, possibly originally known as Narrows * Narrows, a community in Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Ontario, Canada Structures * Narrows Bridge (other) * Narrows Dam, north of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, US * Narrows Dam, containing Badin Lake, North Carolina, US ** Narrows Dam and Power Plant Complex, a historic district * Narrows High School, Narrows, Virginia * Narrows Plantation House, Lake Arthur, Louisiana, US Other uses * Narrows (band), an American mathcore band See also * * The Narrows (other) {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narrows
A narrows or narrow (used interchangeably but usually in the plural form), is a restricted land or water passage. Most commonly a narrows is a strait, though it can also be a water gap. A narrows may form where a stream passes through a tilted bed of hard rock lying between two softer beds: " the hard beds are vertical, so that their outcrop does not shift as erosion proceeds, a narrows is developed". Like a dam, this "raises the water level for a short distance upriver". A narrows is also typically a good location for trapping migrating fish. Furthermore, a narrows is "an important topographical feature for wind mixing",Howard J. Freeland, David M. Farmer, Colin D. Levings, ''Fjord Oceanography'' (1980), p. 216. an effect where a wind chill may form ice while the surrounding temperature remains above freezing. See also * Water gap * Buffalo Narrows * The Narrows, which separates Staten Island from Brooklyn and connects the upper and lower sections of New York Bay. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds And The Thousand Islands
Leeds and the Thousand Islands is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. The township is located along the St. Lawrence River, including most of the Canadian Thousand Islands, and extending north into rural hamlets and villages. The Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands was formed on January 1, 2001, when three historic townships, Front of Leeds & Lansdowne, Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne, and Front of Escott, were amalgamated. Its services include a public library system and the LTI Archives. Communities The township comprises the communities of: * Berryton * Black Rapids * Brier Hill * Cheeseborough * Darlingside * Dulcemaine * Ebenezer * Eden Grove * Ellisville * Emery * Escott * Fairfax * Gananoque Junction * Gray's Beach * Greenfield * Grenadier Island * Halsteads Bay * Holland * Ivy Lea * Junetown * La Rue Mills * Lansdowne * Leeds * Legge * Long Point * Lyndhurst * Maple Grove * Mitchellville * Narrows * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narrows Plantation House
Narrows Plantation House is located in Lake Arthur, Louisiana. It was built in the 1830s and completely renovated during 1910–12. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Its NRHP nomination states that the building's significance rests in its fine Arts and Crafts interior, which stands out in southern Louisiana:In a very general sense the thousands upon thousands of bungalows in the region reflect the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement. But these houses are merely pale and diluted examples of the taste. High style, convincing examples of the movement are very rare. Most bungalows in southern Louisiana have plain interiors with perhaps a brick mantel or a few oak cabinets. Many have Mission or Colonial Revival interiors. By contrast, the interiors at the Narrows feature paneled wainscotting Panelling (or paneling in the United States) is a Millwork (building material), millwork wall covering constructed from rigid or semi-rigid components. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narrows High School
Narrows High School is a public high school in Narrows, Giles County, Virginia, United States that enrolls students from grades 8 through 12. the school has an enrollment of about 290 students. Awards and recognition In 2013, Narrows was one of 194 high schools recognized by Working in Support of Education (w!se) with the Blue Star School certification. It is awarded based on student performance on the w!se Financial Literacy Certification Test. Controversy In September 2011, Narrows High School was sued by the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia (ACLU) for displaying a framed copy of the Ten Commandments. The ACLU argued that the display violated the separation of church and state. According to the ''Los Angeles Times'', a settlement was reached that allowed the school to display a page of a history textbook with an image of the Ten Commandments with a subtitle that read: "The values found in the Bible, including the Ten Commandments and the teachings of Jesus, inspired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narrows Dam And Power Plant Complex
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. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... in 1983. References Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Dams on the National Register of Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badin Lake
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. The power generation unit was sold to Cube Hydro Carolinas in February 2017. Badin Lake is in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. It is contained by Narrows Dam at the town of Badin, North Carolina. Sitting within a valley, the lake is very deep, with a maximum depth of 190 ft (58 m). The lake occupies and has 115 mi (185 km) of shoreline. Its waters have an average summer temperature of 84.4 °F (29.1 °C) and an average winter temperature of 50.6 °F (10.3 °C). No ferries cross Badin Lake. The northernmost point of Morrow Mountain State Park is roughly downstream from Narrows Dam. The lake lies within Stanly, Davidson, Montgomery, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narrows Dam
Narrows Dam is a dam located 6 miles north of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, that impounds the water of the Little Missouri River (Arkansas) to create Lake Greeson. Narrows Dam was authorized as a flood control and hydroelectric power project by the Flood Control Act of 1941. The dam is a feature of the comprehensive plan for the Ouachita River Basin. Lake Greeson is operated for hydroelectric power, recreation, and flood control The powerhouse of the dam is located adjacent to the east abutment, and it has a total length of 151 feet. The equipment of the powerhouse is three 8,500 kW·h generating machines. The powerhouse originally had two generators, but a third was placed in 1969. The average annual output is 28,000,000 kW·h. The dam is named due to its location on the river, The Narrows. During the dam's construction many cemetery, cemeteries and graveyards had to be removed due to the creation of the new lake. Narrows Dam is located by the Swaha, or Narrows Dam recreat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narrows Bridge (other) , in New York City
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Narrows Bridge may refer to: * Narrows Bridge (Perth), Western Australia * Narrows Bridge (Indiana), USA * Narrows Bridge (Pennsylvania), USA, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Bridge in Snake Spring Township * Narrows Bridge, Tamahere, New Zealand – heritage-registered bridge on State Highway 21 See also * Tacoma Narrows Bridge, pair of suspension bridges in Tacoma, Washington, USA ** Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940), the first suspension bridge in Tacoma, Washington, USA, whose collapse was caught on film in 1940 * Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge ( ; also referred to as the Narrows Bridge, the Verrazzano Bridge, and simply the Verrazzano) is a suspension bridge connecting the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City, United States. It spans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Rivers, Kentucky
Grand Rivers is a home rule-class city in Livingston County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 382 at the 2010 census, up from 343 in 2000. It is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which 1.8 square miles (4.8 km2) is land and (2.13%) is water. The town was formerly located at the narrowest point between the Cumberland River and the Tennessee. Both were dammed and artificial lakes created by the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Army Corps of Engineers in the early 20th century; the town now lies on an isthmus of land between Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley. History Grand Rivers may have originally been known as Narrows from its position between the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers. The local post office was established in 1879 as Otisville; changed its name in 1882 to Bernard; and was then changed again to Nickells the next year after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narrows Creek
Narrows Creek is a stream in Sauk County, Wisconsin, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Baraboo River. Narrows Creek flows through narrows, hence the name. See also *List of rivers of Wisconsin This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Great Lakes Drainage Lake Michigan *Menominee River * ... References Rivers of Sauk County, Wisconsin Rivers of Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narrows Commercial Historic District
The Narrows Commercial Historic District encompasses the historic commercial heart of Narrows, Virginia. It is centered at the intersection of Main and Monroe Streets and MacArthur Lane, near the confluence of Wolf Creek and the New River. The area's major development did not begin until after the arrival in 1882 of the railroad, with most of it taking place in the two decades before World War II. Major buildings include the 1927 Norfolk and Western Railroad depot and the 1940 General Macarthur Hotel. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... in 2014. See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Giles County, Virginia References Historic districts on the National Register of Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narrows, Virginia
Narrows, named for the narrowing of the New River that flows through the town, is a town in Giles County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,029 at the 2010 census, a decline of 3.9% from the 2000 count of 2,111. It is part of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg metropolitan area. Geography Narrows is located at (37.331818, −80.808477). The town is just north of the Mill Creek (conservation area), an area in the Jefferson National Forest designated by the Wilderness Society as a "Mountain Treasure". According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.5 km), of which 1.3 square miles (3.3 km) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km) (4.48%) is water. Demographics Detailed breakdowns of the 2010 census numbers are not yet available. At the 2000 census there were 2,111 people, 890 households, and 600 families in the town. The population density was 1,649.7 people per square mile (636.8/km). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
