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Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge.
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges, Point Peter
View from the bridge looking southeast toward Wilmington waterfront and the confluence of the Northeast and Northwest branches of the river. Point Peter is on the left and Eagles Island to the right. On December 10, 1929, the twin bridges over the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, looking northeast, showing Point Peter and the Wilmington skyline in the distance.
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges, Point Peter
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, looking northeast, showing Point Peter and the Wilmington skyline in the distance. At the confluence of the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear Rivers, opposite Wilmington, was as early as 1764, called Negro Head...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction.
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction. On December 10, 1929, the twin bridges over the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear River were opened to traffic. They replaced ferries, which had been the only mode of transportation across the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction.
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction. On December 10, 1929, the twin bridges over the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear River were opened to traffic. They replaced ferries, which had been the only mode of transportation across the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, after completion.
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, after completion. On December 10, 1929, the twin bridges over the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear River were opened to traffic. They replaced ferries, which had been the only mode of transportation across the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction.
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction. On December 10, 1929, the twin bridges over the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear River were opened to traffic. They replaced ferries, which had been the only mode of transportation across the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction.
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction. On December 10, 1929, the twin bridges over the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear River were opened to traffic. They replaced ferries, which had been the only mode of transportation across the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction.
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction. On December 10, 1929, the twin bridges over the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear River were opened to traffic. They replaced ferries, which had been the only mode of transportation across the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge.
Northwest Cape Fear Bridge, Bridges
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge during construction On December 10, 1929, the twin bridges over the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear River were opened to traffic. They replaced ferries, which had been the only mode of transportation across the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction.
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges, Cape Fear River, Point Peter
Point Peter (center) is at the confluence of the Northeast and Northwest branches of the river. At the confluence of the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear Rivers, opposite Wilmington, was as early as 1764, called Negro Head Point or Plantation. At...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, south end.
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges, Automobiles
Automobiles cross newly completed bridge in 1929. On December 10, 1929, the twin bridges over the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear River were opened to traffic. They replaced ferries, which had been the only mode of transportation across the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Waterfront, Cape Fear River - Wilmington
Waterfront, Cape Fear River, Northwest Cape Fear River Bride, Point Peter
Chestnut Street to Northeast Cape Fear River Bridge - View from atop the Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, showing Point Peter. At the confluence of the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear Rivers, opposite Wilmington, was as early as 1764, called...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge.
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges
Looking southwest shortly after its completion in 1929. On December 10, 1929, the twin bridges over the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear River were opened to traffic. They replaced ferries, which had been the only mode of transportation across...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge causeway, looking north at Northeast River and Bridge.
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges, Point Peter
Point Peter is shown at lower right of photo. The waterfront of Wilmington is on the right, from Red Cross to Cowan streets. At the confluence of the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear Rivers, opposite Wilmington, was as early as 1764, called Negro...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Smiths Creek Flooding - The creek rises in northern New Hanover County and flows into the Cape Fear River.
Cape Fear River, Northwest Cape Fear River
The locks on the Northwest Cape Fear River, thirty miles from Wilmington, near Elizabethtown, aid in providing eight feet depth of water in the river at Fayetteville.
Louis T. Moore Collection

Waterfront - Cape Fear River - Wilmington.
Waterfront, Cape Fear River, Northwest Cape Fear Bridge, Bridges, Steamers
Steamers utilize port facilities. Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge is in the background.
Louis T. Moore Collection

Waterfront - Cape Fear River - Wilmington.
Waterfront, Cape Fear River, Point Peter, Tobacco, Freighter, Northwest Cape Fear Bridge, Bridges
A freighter, taking on a cargo of tobacco for England, is tied up to a wharf on the river. At left in the background is the Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge and Point Peter.
Louis T. Moore Collection

Waterfront, Cape Fear River - Wilmington - Between Grace Street and Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge.
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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

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