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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
New Hanover County, North Carolina, ships, Cape Fear River, soldiers, WW II, military
Left to right, CW2 Robert Blomerth, CW1 Victor Schoenhals and Sargent Richard Stephenson perform routine maintenance as they spend time on a U.S. Army landing craft The Brandywine, which docked in Wilmington for a time while on the way back to its...
A studio portrait of Helen Lovering, with the description that she was 1 year, 3 days old at the time of the photograph. Although born in Hawthorne, New Jersey, Lovering had strong family ties to Wilmington, North Carolina and lived there for most...
The Carolina Beach Boardwalk is almost deserted in spite of the sunny weather at this time of year. Evidently, David has sent all but the die-hards home.
Bridges, ships, Ideal Cement Company, Cape Fear River, Wilmington, NC
Henry Stewart and friend Marry Sutton wait out the Catfish & Rock while the Keva Ideal sails under the Memorial Bridge 1/12/72. By the way, they hadn't caught any fish, but both agreed that it was a nice way to pass the time.
Site preparation work continues for the New Hanover County Airport terminal building X. MAC Construction of Shallote are the general contractors on the job for the site preparation, but the contract for the building has not been awarded at this...
Louis Compo (left) and his wife, Betty, along with Madeleine Robertson and her husband, John Robertson, were touring the lighthouse grounds on Bald Head Island. The couples from Long Beach were visiting the island for the first time.
Family residence of William Larkins (1829-1891), Wilmington native, wholesale grocer & liquor dealer, cashier of First National Bank, and rice planter. House sold in 1903 to Samuel Behrends, merchant and furniture store owner, in whose family it...