Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company

Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company PDF

Author: Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company

Publisher:

Published: 1852

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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1852 Memorial from the Directors of the Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company to the General Assembly of North Carolina, which sought an increase in the capital stock to complete work in progress. In support of their position, the document included the Directors' Report, the Chief Engineer's report on the conditions of the work up to December 19, 1853, and an appendix which contained various charts and other material.

The Deep River Coalfield

The Deep River Coalfield PDF

Author: James H. Chapman

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2017-07-21

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1476668981

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The region along Deep River in central North Carolina once boasted a small but significant coal mining industry that from the early 1800s to the end of the 20th century provided fuel for manufacturing and domestic use. Confronted by natural obstacles and other challenges--including a devastating explosion in 1925 that killed 53 men and boys--entrepreneurs made numerous attempts (some successful, some not) to harness the power of coal in a state still defining itself in a modernizing nation. Iron forges and hearths required ample supplies of coal to meet local demand, and the Deep River deposits provided them when no others existed.

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