Download or read book The Wilmington Weldon Railroad in the Civil War written by James C. Burke and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book The Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company Plaintiff in Error Vs Gilbert Elliott William A Smith and Peter E Smith written by Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Wilmington Raleigh Rail Road Company 1833 1854 written by James C. Burke and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-07-25 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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Download or read book Proceedings of the Stockholders of the Wilmington Weldon Railroad Company Held at Wilmington North Carolina November 13th 1856 written by James C. Burke and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Proceedings of the Stockholders of the Wilmington Weldon Railroad Company at Their Twenty third Annual Meeting Held at Wilmington North Carolina November 14th 1858 written by James C. Burke and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Railroads of North Carolina written by Alan Coleman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the opening of the first permanent railway in 1833, hundreds of railroad companies have operated in North Carolina. Rail transportation, faster and more efficient than other methods of the era, opened new markets for the products of North Carolina's farms, factories, and mines. Over the years, North Carolina rail companies have ranged in size from well-engineered giants like the Southern Railway to temporary logging railroads like the Hemlock. Cross ties and rails were laid across almost every conceivable terrain: tidal marshes, sand hills, rolling piedmont, and mountain grades. Vulnerable to the turbulent and unregulated economies of the day, few railroad companies escaped reorganizations and receiverships during their corporate lives, often leaving tangled and contradictory histories in their passing.

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Download or read book An Act to Incorporate the Wilmington Weldon Railroad Co written by North Carolina and published by . This book was released on 1867* with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Selected Articles from Wilmington Newspapers Concerning the Wilmington Weldon Railroad the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad and Other North Carolina Railroads for the Year 1854 written by and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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