North Carolina, New Hanover County, highway 421, Atlantic, industry
This is the ocean intake for the Ethyl Dow Chemical Co. which closed in 1945. The plant took bromine out of the seawater to use in making anti-knock gasoline. Years later the LaQue Center set up their corrosion testing operation at this location...
This is a aerial view of Wrightsville Beach, N.C. looking from Johnnie Mercer's fishing pier towards Masons Inlet. The Holiday Inn is visible from this shot.
This photograph of Wrightsville Beach, N.C. shows a stretch of beach that includes the Blockade Runner Hotel. The Atlantic Ocean is on one side and the Intercoastal Waterway on the other.
North Carolina, New Hanover County, Rowan County, boats, waterways, Intracoastal, marshes, beaches
Hoover Lingle, left, and his wife Carolyn ply the shallow waters of a marshy area near Carolina Beach Inlet in their 400 horse power air boat, which they use for fishing. The couple lives in Salisbury and own a cottage at Carolina Beach.
Photograph is an aerial view of the Bald Head Inn. Sandbags line the edge of the property to protect the Inn from the Atlantic Ocean. The Inn later lost it's battle to erosion and the structure was taken down.
Bob Lambertz, left, and Robert Fox pull on a line as Harold Hilton operates a tractor to pull up an old utility pole at the Carolina Beach Boardwalk at Harper Ave. The men work for the town of Carolina Beach and were removing the pole because it is...
police officers, vocational training exercises, beaches, New Hanover County
Officer Ralph Craig, Officer Larry Jones, Lt. Mike Springfield and Det. Sgt. R.V. Croom emerge from the water after a training exercise at Carolina Beach Thursday afternoon.