Hope Mills Dam, Hope Mills

Name: Hope Mills Dam
Address: Hope Mills, United States

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The Hope Mills Dam, also known as Hope Mills Dam #1, is a concrete gravity dam on Little Rockfish Creek in Hope Mills, North Carolina, USA, which created Hope Mills Lake. Four different dams were built on the site including the current one. The first dam, of rock-crib design, was built in 1839 to power local cotton mills. The second was an embankment dam built in 1924 for powering the mills and later to maintain the lake's water level. Both previous dams failed from flooding. Then in June 2010 a leak was discovered and the lake was drained. The current dam was completed in early 2018 and water to be impounded in January but rainwater filled the dam before water even needed to be impounded. ()

Opened: 2008 (16 years ago)Length: 750 ftHeight: 33 ftReservoir area: 88 acres (0.1375 mi²)Coordinates: 34°58'18"N, 78°56'41"W

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Hope Mills Dam – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: J. P. Riddle Stadium, Market House, Heritage Square, Fayetteville Area Transportation and Local History Museum.

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35°3'8"N • 78°52'55"W
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Hope Mills Lake, Hope Mills
14 min walk • Hope Mills Lake, also referred to as Hope Mills Lake #1, and by long-time citizens as The Pond, was a lake in Hope Mills in Cumberland County, North Carolina. Before it was a lake, it was a mill pond which was fed by Little Rockfish Creek. The mill pond was created in 1839 near the Hope Mills Dam for the first cotton mill in the area.
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35°3'10"N • 78°52'53"W
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~230 ftSW
Interesting neighbourhood
Hope Mills Historic District, Hope Mills
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