On State Highway 740, 0.1 miles north of Falls Road (County Road 1719), on the right when traveling north.
French company in 1913 began Narrows Dam and town named for Adrien Badin, president Southern Aluminum, a subsidiary. Office stood ½ mi. N.W. — — Map (db m175740) HM
On State Highway 740, 0.2 miles north of Falls Road (County Road 1719), on the right when traveling north.
The Town of Badin and the Narrows Dam on the Yadkin River were important in the history of hydroelectric engineering, industry, and community planning in North Carolina.
The River Yadkin is reduced about twenty-five . . . — — Map (db m175741) HM