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Author : Mark W. Koenig
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467150371
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wilmington, Brunswick & Southern Railroad, The written by Mark W. Koenig and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the twentieth century, railroads meant progress, growth and development. In the 1890s Southport, North Carolina became the target destination for a major coaling terminal for ships sailing the Atlantic coast. A new terminal would require a railroad to bring in coal and other supplies. More than twenty companies were formed to pursue this idea over the years, with a few actual accomplishments, but most were purely speculative. Wearying the expectant town for more than twenty-five years, the vision for a great port was whittled down until local entrepreneurs finally built a 30-mile rail line to connect the town to Wilmington. Local author and railroad historian Mark Koenig chronicles the short life of a short line and the long process of making it a reality.

Author : Mark W. Koenig
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9781540251145
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wilmington, Brunswick & Southern Railroad written by Mark W. Koenig and published by History Press. This book was released on 2022-01-17 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the twentieth century, railroads meant progress, growth and development. In the 1890s Southport, North Carolina became the target destination for a major coaling terminal for ships sailing the Atlantic coast. A new terminal would require a railroad to bring in coal and other supplies. More than twenty companies were formed to pursue this idea over the years, with a few actual accomplishments, but most were purely speculative. Wearying the expectant town for more than twenty-five years, the vision for a great port was whittled down until local entrepreneurs finally built a 30-mile rail line to connect the town to Wilmington. Local author and railroad historian Mark Koenig chronicles the short life of a short line and the long process of making it a reality.

Author : James C. Burke
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786486740
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road Company, 1833-1854 written by James C. Burke and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-07-25 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1833, the Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road Company set out to connect the port city of Wilmington to North Carolina's capital. When it was done in 1840, after changing its route, the company had completed 161 miles of track--the longest railroad in the world at the time--and provided continuous transportation from the town of Weldon on the Roanoke River to Wilmington and on to Charleston, South Carolina, by steamboat. A marvel of civil engineering by the standards of the day, the railroad constituted a tour de force of organization, finance and political will that risked the fortunes of individuals and the credit of the state. This study chronicles the project from its inception, exploring its impact on subsequent railroad development in North Carolina and its significance within the context of American railroad history as a whole.

Author : Howard Douglas Dozier
Publisher : Boston, Houghton
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad written by Howard Douglas Dozier and published by Boston, Houghton. This book was released on 1920 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : C. Pat Cates
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738518312
Total Pages : 132 pages
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Download or read book The Southern Railway written by C. Pat Cates and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on the heels of Images of Rail: The Southern Railway, this volume takes a more detailed look at a historic railroad that has served the South for over 100 years and continues to serve as the Norfolk Southern Railway. Included in these pages are stories of bravery in war and ingenuity in peace. From 1942 to 1945, the 727th Railway Operating BattalionA[a¬asponsored by the Southern RailwayA[a¬aserved in North Africa and up the spine of Italy into Germany. The courageous unit received a citation from Gen. George S. Patton for its involvement in the Sicily Campaign.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Special Publications written by and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leveling in North Carolina written by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alan Coleman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738553368
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Railroads of North Carolina written by Alan Coleman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the opening of the first permanent railway in 1833, hundreds of railroad companies have operated in North Carolina. Rail transportation, faster and more efficient than other methods of the era, opened new markets for the products of North Carolina's farms, factories, and mines. Over the years, North Carolina rail companies have ranged in size from well-engineered giants like the Southern Railway to temporary logging railroads like the Hemlock. Cross ties and rails were laid across almost every conceivable terrain: tidal marshes, sand hills, rolling piedmont, and mountain grades. Vulnerable to the turbulent and unregulated economies of the day, few railroad companies escaped reorganizations and receiverships during their corporate lives, often leaving tangled and contradictory histories in their passing.

Author : Sallie Loy
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439629536
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Southern Railway written by Sallie Loy and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004-04-13 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Southern Railway was the pinnacle of rail service in the South for nearly 100 years. Its roots stretch back to 1827, when the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company was founded in Charleston to provide freight transportation and America's first regularly scheduled passenger service. Through the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Great Depression, rail lines throughout the South continued to merge, connecting Washington, D.C. to Atlanta and Charleston to Memphis. The Southern Railway was born in 1893 at the height of these mergers. It came to an end in 1982, merging with Norfolk and Western Railway to become Norfolk Southern Railway. The history of the railway lives on, however, and Norfolk Southern continues to "serve the South." In 2003, the Southern Railway Historical Association selected the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History as the repository for their extensive archives. Included in this collection are hundreds of professional quality, black-and-white photographs taken by company photographers throughout the railway's history. These photographs not only capture the transition from steam to diesel and the pinnacle of rail travel, but also the development of the South through much of the 20th century. While a few of these images have been seen by the public, the vast majority have not.

Author : North Carolina. Corporation Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1158 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of the Corporation Commission written by North Carolina. Corporation Commission and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: