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Title
Naval
Stores
.
Subject
Naval
Stores
,
Rosin
,
Resin
,
Turpentine
,
Tar
,
Eagles
Island
Description
Since
colonial
times
,
naval
stores
were an
important
industry
for not
only
southeastern
North
Carolina
, but the
nation
as
well
.
World
commerce
depended
on
ships
with
wooden
hulls
,
tarred
riggings
and
sails
,
making
pitch
,
tar
,
turpentine
and
rosin
very
valuable
commodities
. The
lower
Cape
Fear
region
had
large
areas
of
virgin
forests
,
containing
thousands
of
pine
trees
,
which
were the
raw
material
for the
industry
.
Across
the
Cape
Fear
River
from
Wilmington
,
Eagles
Island
became
the
center
of the
industry
,
where
a
number
of
lumber
mills
and
turpentine
distilleries
were
located
.
Wilmington
was the
largest
city
and
chief
port
of the
region
and
millions
of
dollars
of
naval
stores
were
exported
to
countries
all
over
the
world
. By
1848
, the
industry
was at its
zenith
.
Gradually
over
the
years
,
ships
were
built
with
other
materials
and by the
latter
half
of the
nineteenth
century
, the
industry
had
declined
.
Turpentine
workers
tap
rosin
from a
pine
tree
, that has been
prepared
by
hacking
the
bark
of the
tree
,
producing
a
sap
. The
sap
is
distilled
producing
turpentine
,
which
is
a
resinous
juice
or
ole-resin
. The
harvesting
of the
sap
or
hacking
usually
was
done
from
about
March
15th
and
lasted
until
October
or
November
.
Source
Louis T. Moore Collection 286
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