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.
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...
Waterfront, Cape Fear River, Atlantic Coast Line, Warehouses
Atlantic Coastline warehouses.
The Native Americans called the river, "Sapona," which is formed by the junction of the Haw and Deep Rivers in Chatham County, NC, and flows southeasterly toward the Atlantic Ocean and the Cape that would eventually...
Queen Anne style house built for Charles W. Worth (1861-1930), President of The Worth Company, wholesale grocers, Cape Fear Machine Works, and Secretary-treasurer of Wilmington Terminal Warehouses; and wife, Emma Walker (1866-1956), native of...
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Warehouses, Waterfront
This b&w photograph features an aerial view of the A.C.L. Freight Warehouse and portions of the "A" building warehouse--both of which would later serve as home of the Wilmington Railroad Museum.
Waterfront, Cape Fear River, Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges, Wilmington Terminal Warehouse Co.
View from the west side of river shows Wilmington Terminal Warehouse Co. warehouses in the center.
The Native Americans called the river, "Sapona," which is formed by the junction of the Haw and Deep Rivers in Chatham County, NC, and flows...