Description
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
Published: 01/17/2022
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781467150378
ISBN10: 1467150371
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,
- Transportation | Railroads | History
- Transportation | Railroads | Pictorial