... The Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company, Et Als
Author | : Fazewell Taylor |
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Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 1879 |
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Author | : Fazewell Taylor |
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Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 1879 |
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Author | : James C. Burke |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2013-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786471549 |
In its early years, the Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road Company survived multiple threats to its existence. Under its new corporate name, the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company would soon be put to the ultimate test, the Civil War. From mobilization to the last effort to supply Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, the company would endure the wearing out of its equipment and rails; the capriciousness and bureaucracy of the Confederate government; sabotage attempts; the gruesome death of its president; a yellow fever epidemic; Union raids on its facilities and bridges; runaway inflation in Confederate economy; the fall of Wilmington; its bisection by advancing Union forces; and, finally, the unnecessary destruction of locomotives, cars, track, and bridges by retreating Confederate troops. The railroad, unlike the Confederacy, survived, and would eventually transform itself a powerful regional economic force, adapting to the challenges of the New South.
Author | : Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company |
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Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1872 |
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Author | : Wilmington (N.C.) |
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Total Pages | : 17 |
Release | : 1893 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : North Carolina. General Assembly |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 5 |
Release | : 1858 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1348 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Interstate commerce |
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Author | : North Carolina. Board of Railroad Commissioners |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 686 |
Release | : 1892 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : James C. Burke |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2011-07-25 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0786486740 |
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 | : United States. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 834 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : Banking law |
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Author | : United States. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 712 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Banking law |
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