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SMILEY'S FALLS

Ruins remain of locks and dams built by the Cape Fear & Deep River Navigation Company in 1850s. Rapids extend upstream 1- 1/2 miles.

Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here (NC Marker ID H42)

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