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Atlantic & North Carolina |
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| The road was chartered in 1854,
and construction was completed in
1858. The road ran from Goldsboro, through New Bern to Beaufort. Since
it ended across the sound from Beaufort, the new town of Morehead City
was created where the tracks ended.
The road was built in an attempt to get North Carolina goods shipped through the small, ailing North Carolina ports, rather than through Norfolk, Virginia. It was of little value, before or during the war. |
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| Black's Number | 19 (map) |
| Track | 96 miles of 4 foot 8 inch gauge of 60# T-rail |
| Locomotives | 6: 6 names |
| Cars | About 55 |
| Stations | 17 |
| Officers | Most |
| Significant Documents | |