North Carolina Railroad
Inscription
Company Shops built here in
1857 for maintenance and
repair of the N.C. Railroad.
Closed in 1866.
Location
AddressFront Street at South Main Street in Burlington
CityBurlington
CountyAlamance
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates36.093842, -79.436662
Sources
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Battle Of Clapp's Mill
Troops led by Henry Lee ambushed British cavalry of Banastre Tarleton one mile north, Mar. 2, 1781.
J. Spencer Love 1896-1962
Burlington, NC
Founder of Burlington Mills, 1924; success of rayon propelled world's largest textile company.
John Butler
Swepsonville, NC
Orange County sheriff in War of Regulation, 1770-1771; brigadier general, N.C. militia, 1777-84.
Early Railroads
First public meeting to promote railroads in North Carolina, Aug. 1, 1828, was at Wm.
Lindley's Mill
Eli Whitney, NC
In a battle on Sept. 13, 1781, John Butler's Whig militia failed to rescue Governor Thomas Burke from Col. David Fanning's Tories.