Author: North Carolina Railroad CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the North Carolina Rail Road Company
Author: North Carolina Railroad CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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The Wilmington & Weldon Railroad in the Civil War
Author: James C. BurkePublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786471549
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
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.
Proceedings of the Stockholders at Their Annual Meeting
Author: Raleigh and Gaston Railroad CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 22
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The Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road Company, 1833-1854
Author: James C. BurkePublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786486740
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
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.
North Carolina Civil War Documentary
Author: W. Buck YearnsPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780807853580
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
This collection of primary source material chronicles the Civil War experiences of North Carolinians from the secession crisis to the Confederate surrender at Bennett Place. In contrast to other works on the Civil War, this book focuses not on military ev
Proceedings of the Stockholders of the South-Carolina Rail-Road Company, and the South-Western Rail-Road Bank at Their Annual Meeting in the Hall of the Bank, on the 10th, 11th, and 12th February, 1846
Author: Confederate Imprints: Unofficial publications. (Vol. 2, pt. 3, Sheet music, compiled by Richard B. Harwell)
Author: Marjorie CrandallPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Railroad History
Author: Railroads in the Old South
Author: Aaron W. MarrsPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801898455
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
An original history of the railroad in the Old South that challenges the accepted understanding of economic and industrial growth in antebellum America. Drawing from both familiar and overlooked sources, such as the personal diaries of Southern travelers, papers and letters from civil engineers, corporate records, and contemporary newspaper accounts, Aaron W. Marrs skillfully expands on the conventional business histories that have characterized scholarship in this field. He situates railroads in the fullness of antebellum life, examining how slavery, technology, labor, social convention, and the environment shaped their evolution. Far from seeing the Old South as backward and premodern, Marrs finds evidence of urban life, industry, and entrepreneurship throughout the region. But these signs of progress existed alongside efforts to preserve traditional ways of life. Railroads exemplified Southerners’ pursuit of progress on their own terms: developing modern transportation while retaining a conservative social order. Railroads in the Old South demonstrates that a simple approach to the Old South fails to do justice to its complexity and contradictions. “The time is right to bring the South into the story of the economic transformation of antebellum America. Aaron Marrs does this with force and grace in Railroads in the Old South.” —John L. Larson, Purdue University “I am hard pressed to think of another volume that better catches the overall effect railroads had on the Old South.” —Kenneth W. Noe, Auburn University “Interesting regional history . . . It is a thoughtful and instructive study that examines not only the pervasiveness of transportation but also some of the social, political, and economic consequences associated with the evolution of southern railroads.” —Choice
Confederate Imprints
Author: T. Michael ParrishPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1132
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