Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Champion Compress, Sprunt, Cotton, Shipping, Boats
This b&w image features two photographs of ships anchored in front of the Champion Cotton Compress in 1875 and 1912 taken from The City of Wilmington, The Metropolis and Port of North Carolina, Its Advantages and Interests.
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Point Peter, Champion Compress
View from Point Peter looking southeast, between Campbell and Dock streets. The Champion Compress (Cotton) wharves are at left in this image taken about 1935.
This b&w photograph captures Eagles Island, opposite Chestnut Street. Eagles Island causeway and ferry landing are at extreme left. Champion Compress (cotton) wharves are at right. The photograph was taken about 1935.
1875, Wilmington Compress and Warehouse Co., 1912, Champion Compress and Warehouse Co. (Taken from "Wilmington: The Metropolis and Port of North Carolina, Its Advantages and Interests, 1912, by the Chamber of Commerce.)
Waterfront, Cape Fear River, Point Peter, Champion Compress
View from Point Peter looking southeast, between Campbell and Dock streets. Champion Compress (Cotton) wharves are at left.
The Native Americans called the river, "Sapona," which is formed by the junction of the Haw and Deep Rivers in Chatham...
Basement is the only surviving section of Orton Hotel which was built in 1886 for Col. Kenneth Murchison (1831-1906). Billiard and pool rooms, steam laundry, bakery, and bar room installed during the 1888 enlargement by W. A. Bryan, proprietor....
Cape Fear River, Sprunt Compress, Champion Compress, Cotton, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Warehouses
This divided back postcard features two illustrations which depict both the Sprunt Compress Warehouses and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Warehouses.
steam compresses, exports, cotton, Alexander Sprunt and Sons Cotton Exporters
one of the steam compresses of cotton at old Champion Room at the Alexander Sprunt and Sons Cotton Exporters. *note-bale of cotton prior and after compressing
commodities, crops, Cape Fear River, exports, steamers, businesses, warehouses
Bales of cotton being brought in and hoisted onto a ship at Alexander Sprunt and Son on Nutt St. Men can be seen on the wharf and on the ship. Sprunt was one of the largest cotton exporters in the South. The company also operated the Champion...
Eagles Island, opposite Chestnut Street. Eagles Island causeway and ferry landing are at extreme left. Champion Compress (cotton) wharves are at right.
Eagles Island is located on the west bank of the Cape Fear River, directly opposite downtown...
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, N. Front Street, Nutt Street, Champion Compress, Point Peter
Since the mid-nineteenth century, Wilmington had been a railroad town, beginning with the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, which was organized in 1838, and reportedly was at one time, the longest railroad in the world. Some years later, that railroad...