Fries Power Station and Idol's Dam
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Old Salem Museums and Gardens
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This photograph of the Fries Power Station and Idol's Dam during construction also shows Douthit's Mill, the large dilapidated wooden structure seen to the left of the power station, which was removed for the station's construction. The hydroelectric generation station was begun by Henry Elias Fries and put into operation by the Fries Manufacturing and Power Company in 1898. The station, located on the Yadkin River in Forsyth County, supplied the towns of Salem and Winston with power for their mills, factories, street lighting, and electric railway.
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Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works, Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Sources, Digital Forsyth