Black and white photograph of Third Street activities during the Azalea Festival. No date listed. Man with camera pictured in foreground and a float is followed by a marching band as it approaches Texaco Station.
The Cut links Myrtle Grove Sound with the Cape Fear River and was completed in 1935.
Completed in 1935 by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, the channel connected Myrtle Grove Sound with the Cape Fear River. Named for Major W. A. Snow, one of the...
The photo was taken from the middle of the Cut in a boat shortly after its opening.
Completed in 1935 by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, the channel connected Myrtle Grove Sound with the Cape Fear River. Named for Major W. A. Snow, one of the...
Completed in 1935 by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, the channel connected Myrtle Grove Sound with the Cape Fear River. Named for Major W. A. Snow, one of the engineers who worked on the project, the Cut is a section of the Intracoastal Waterway and...
The idea of a national intracoastal waterway system from Maine to the tip of Florida was conceived as early as the late eighteenth century. Several portions were built, with the first link - the Dismal Swamp Canal - being completed in 1805. Other...
Roads, Old Wrightsville Road, Shell Road, Bradley Creek
The privately built Shell Road or Wilmington Turnpike was constructed in 1874-1875 from Wilmington to the sounds and immediate coastal areas. The road began at Sixteenth and Dock streets and followed the route that is roughly today's (1999)...
Roads, Old Wrightsville Road, Shell Road, Turnpike
The privately built Shell Road or Wilmington Turnpike was constructed in 1874-1875 from Wilmington to the sounds and immediate coastal areas. The road began at Sixteenth and Dock streets and followed the route that is roughly today's (1999)...
The privately built Shell Road or Wilmington Turnpike was constructed in 1874-1875 from Wilmington to the sounds and immediate coastal areas. The road began at Sixteenth and Dock streets and followed the route that is roughly today's (1999)...
Roads, Wrightsville Beach, Wrightsville Sound, Shell Road
Note white-washed trees, which were popular in the 1920s and 1930s.
The privately built Shell Road or Wilmington Turnpike was constructed in 1874-1875 from Wilmington to the sounds and immediate coastal areas. The road began at Sixteenth and Dock...
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Station One, Beach Car
The car line followed roughly what is now Lumina Avenue.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North Carolina Banks, a...
Completed in 1935 by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, the channel connected Myrtle Grove Sound with the Cape Fear River. Named for Major W. A. Snow, one of the engineers who worked on the project, the Cut is a section of the Intracoastal Waterway and...