Author: Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation CompanyPublisher:
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Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 31
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Report of the Cape Fear & Deep River Navigation Company
Author: Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation CompanyPublisher:
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Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 31
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Report of the Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company, for 1858
Author: Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation CompanyPublisher:
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Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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A Bill to Authorize the Cape Fear & Deep River Navigation Company to Issue Bonds
Author: North CarolinaPublisher:
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Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
A New Digested Manual of the Acts of the General Assembly of North Carolina
Author: James IredellThe Deep River Coalfield
Author: James H. ChapmanPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476668981
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
The region along Deep River in central North Carolina once boasted a small but significant coal mining industry that from the early 1800s to the end of the 20th century provided fuel for manufacturing and domestic use. Confronted by natural obstacles and other challenges--including a devastating explosion in 1925 that killed 53 men and boys--entrepreneurs made numerous attempts (some successful, some not) to harness the power of coal in a state still defining itself in a modernizing nation. Iron forges and hearths required ample supplies of coal to meet local demand, and the Deep River deposits provided them when no others existed.
Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company, a Memorial
Author: Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation CompanyPublisher:
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Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Down the Wild Cape Fear
Author: Philip GerardPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 146960812X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
In Down the Wild Cape Fear, novelist and nonfiction writer Philip Gerard invites readers onto the fabled waters of the Cape Fear River and guides them on the 200-mile voyage from the confluence of the Deep and Haw Rivers at Mermaid Point all the way to the Cape of Fear on Bald Head Island. Accompanying the author by canoe and powerboat are a cadre of people passionate about the river, among them a river guide, a photographer, a biologist, a river keeper, and a boat captain. Historical voices also lend their wisdom to our understanding of this river, which has been a main artery of commerce, culture, settlement, and war for the entire region since it was first discovered by Verrazzano in 1524. Gerard explores the myriad environmental and political issues being played out along the waters of the Cape Fear. These include commerce and environmental stewardship, wilderness and development, suburban sprawl and the decline and renaissance of inner cities, and private rights versus the public good.
Report of the Chief Engineer Upon the Extension of the Cape Fear and Deep River Stack Water Navigation Company, to the Yadkin River, and Through the Same to Wilkesboro
Author: Cape Fear and Deep River Stack Water Navigation CompanyPublisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Wilmington, North Carolina, to 1861
Author: Alan D. WatsonPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786482146
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Of America's thirteen original colonies, North Carolina was one of the most rural, its urban population miniscule and its maritime commerce severely limited--except in the town of Wilmington. Prior to the Civil War, the coastal town was North Carolina's largest urban area and principal seaport, with shipping as the mainstay of the local economy. Wilmington indeed was a singular place in colonial and antebellum North Carolina. This book presents the history of Wilmington from its founding and development to the eve of the Civil War. Part I traces Wilmington's history from the incorporation of the town in 1739-40 to 1789, when North Carolina joined the newly formed United States of America. This section focuses on the confused and disputed origins of Wilmington, life in a colonial urban setting, the growing importance of the port, and town governance. Part II expands upon the preceding topics for the years 1789 to 1861. It also examines the economic development of the port, the wide variety of social activities, the growth of the African American population, and Wilmington's role in state and national politics.
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