New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

Cape Fear River - View, looking north, from the roof of the Murchison Building.
Murchison Building, Point Peter, Atlantic Coastline Railroad, N. Front Street
The river scene is of Point Peter, where the river branches into the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear Rivers. The industrial area along the waterfront and North Front Street is shown. The Atlantic Coastline General Offices complex is at the end of...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Cape Fear River - View, looking north, from the roof of the Murchison Building.
Cape Fear River, Murchison Building, Point Peter, N. Front Street, Atlantic Coastline Railroad, N. Front Street
The river scene is of Point Peter, where the river branches into the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear Rivers. The industrial area along the waterfront and North Front Street is shown. The Atlantic Coastline General Offices complex is at the end of...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Cape Fear River - View, looking north, from the roof of the Murchison Building.
Cape Fear River, Murchison Building, Point Peter, Atlantic Coastline Railroad, N. Front Street
The river scene is of Point Peter, where the river branches into the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear Rivers. The industrial area along the waterfront and North Front Street is shown. The Atlantic Coastline General Offices complex is at the end of...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Blockade Runner Hotel Lobby
Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, hotels, lobbies, Civil war, war ships, Atlanitc Ocean, Banks Channel, furniture
Shows the lobby of the Blockade Runner Hotel. There is a simple map carved out of wood attached to one wall. It shows the coastline, islands and rivers of the Cape Fear Region. A Confederate blockade runner ship, seagulls and 2 Confederate flags...
Star-News Image Archive

Boating at Bald Head Island
Brunswick County, North Carolina, islands, coastline, Smith Island, rivers, boating, Atlantic ocean,
Birds line the shore as the boat The Blue Bird heads through the mouth of the Cape Fear River at Bald Head Island.
Star-News Image Archive

Souvenir of Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
Old Post Office
This postcard booklet features 20 illustrates scenes from around Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach. Among the sites included are the Courhouse, Old Post Office, Steamer Wilmington, Atlantic Coastline Depot and the Oceanic Hotel.
Postcard Collections

Home of Mrs. Preston L . Bridgers
Bridgers family, 3rd Street, Dock Street
Located at 100 South 3rd Street, (and Dock Streets), the home of Mary Bridgers (granddaughter of John Haywood, treasurer of North Carolina and descendant of Richard Eagles whom Eagles Island is named after) and widow of Preston L. Bridgers, son of...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - North Front and Red Cross streets.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, N. Front Street, Red Cross Street
The General Offices and terminal of the railroad were in the 400-500 blocks of North Front Street. Taken from the intersection of Front and Red Cross, the photo documents Union Station. The concourse and clock tower are at center. Since the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Train
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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - Freight Office - 501 Nutt Street.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Freight Office, Nutt Street, Wilmington Railroad Museum
The freight office of the ACL Railroad dates from about 1900 and is located on Nutt Street, near the Cape Fear River. (Formerly the Wilmington Railroad Museum). The warehouse at left (519 Nutt Street) dates from the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Train Yard
The railroad's freight rail yards are depicted in this photo. 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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Train Yard
The railroad's freight rail yards are depicted in this photo. 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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad freight yard.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Train Yard
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad freight yard. The freight office of the ACL Railroad dates from about 1900 and is located on Nutt Street, near the Cape Fear River. (Currently [1999] the Wilmington Railroad Museum). The warehouse at left (519 Nutt...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad,
Maintenance shop area. 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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Maintenance shop area. 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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Freight yards
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Train Yard
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Freight yards. 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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Union Station, N. Fourth Street
View of the railroad yards from Fourth Street, looking west toward Union Station. Since the mid-nineteenth century, Wilmington had been a railroad town, beginning with the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, which was organized in 1838, and reportedly...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad General Offices and Depot - North Front Street.
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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

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