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The Wilmington, Brunswick & Southern Railroad
The Wilmington, Brunswick & Southern Railroad
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A History of Transportation in Western North Carolina: Trails, Roads, Rails and Air
A History of Transportation in Western North Carolina: Trails, Roads, Rails and Air
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The Wilmington, Brunswick & Southern Railroad

9781467150378

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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.

The Wilmington, Brunswick & Southern Railroad

A History of Transportation in Western North Carolina: Trails, Roads, Rails and Air

9781467137065

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Traveling across the treacherous and diverse landscape of western North Carolina is a challenge historically met with human ingenuity. Mountain traces of Native Americans, dusty stagecoach routes and vital railroads lined the region. Asheville installed the state's first electric streetcars. Intrepid young men and women continued North Carolina's aviation legacy. The Buncombe Turnpike helped tame the Blue Ridge Mountains, allowing livestock drives to reach markets in South Carolina. Author Terry Ruscin reveals the visionaries and risk-takers who paved the way to the "Land of the Sky" in a wondrous examination of western North Carolina transportation history.
A History of Transportation in Western North Carolina: Trails, Roads, Rails and Air