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Title
Wrightsville
Beach
-
turn
of the
century
.
Subject
Wrightsville
Beach
,
Ocean
View
Beach
Description
The
southern
extension
of
Wrightsville
Beach
was
once
called
Ocean
View
Beach
after
the
development
company
that
owned
that
part
of the
beach
.
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
chain
of
barrier
islands
,
which
spans
almost
all
of the
North
Carolina
coast
from
Virginia
to
South
Carolina
.
Until
the
latter
half
of the
nineteenth
century
,
development
along
the
immediate
coast
was
hindered
by an
inadequate
transportation
system
. In the
1870s
, the
Shell
Road
(or
Wilmington
Turnpike)
was
built
from
Wilmington
to
Wrightsville
Sound
,
making
the
area
more
accessible
. In
1888
, a
railway
was
constructed
from
downtown
Wilmington
to the
Hammocks
(Harbor
Island)
. The
same
year
, the
Sea
View
Railroad
was
built
from the
Hammocks
to the
beach
,
opening
up
the
beach's
southern
extension
to
development
. The
Town
of
Wrightsville
Beach
was
incorporated
in
1899
.
Atlantic
Ocean
breaking
over
one
of the
jetties
.
Erosion
at
Wrightsville
Beach
has been an
ongoing
problem
since
about
1920
,
due
to
rapid
development
and
several
severe
winter
nor'easters
. The
jetties
are
technically
called
goins
,
which
are
small
jetties
extending
from the
shore
to
protect
the
beach
against
erosion
, by
trapping
and
collecting
shifting
sands
. In
1923
, the
first
series
of
wooden
jetties
were
constructed
.
Later
, a
series
of
concrete
ones
were
built
,
which
proved
unsatisfactory
because
the
bolts
used
to
hold
the
material
in
place
,
rusted
badly
. In
1938
, with the
aid
of the
Federal
Government
,
sixteen
wooden
jetties
were
constructed
,
spaced
one
thousand
feet
apart
along
the
entire
beach
.
Source
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