Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Eagle, Coast Guard, Cutter, Three-masted Sailing Ship, Tall Ship
This color photograph captures a view of the Coast Guard Academy's training ship, the "Eagle," docked along Wilmington's waterfront during the 200th anniversary of the Coast Guard.
ship industry, C. D. Maffit Ship Chandlery & Supply Co.
Exterior view of the C. D. Maffitt Ship Chandlery & Supply Company on the corner of Water and Princess Streets, in downtown Wilmington. The Maffitt Firm were licensed shipbrokers, U.S. Custom House brokers, and steamship and vessel agents.
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...
Wilmington, New Hanover county, North Carolina, boats, steam-powered, Army Corps of Engineers, snag boat
Left to right, Leslie Bright, state underwater archaeologist, Jerry Dunn, volunteer, and Dave Carnell, chairman of the board of directors of the New Hanover Co. museum work to raise the workings of the paddlewheel ship the H.G. Wright from the edge...
Cape Fear River, North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Shipbuilding, Liberty Ship, Zebulon Vance, Ships
This b&w photograph of the Liberty Ship, USS Zebulon Vance, captures the christening ceremony for the first launching by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in 1941.
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...