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[Steamer for the Roanoke, Norfolk, and Baltimore Steamboat Company Advertisement], Edenton Albemarle Enquirer, 15 July 1886Notes
Steamers of the the Roanoke, Norfolk, and Baltimore Steamboat Company carried passengers up the Roanoke River above Plymouth. Since the line did not stop in Plymouth, Windsor passengers would have boarded the steamers in Edenton to travel west. The rail line at Williamston connected with the main north -- south rail line in North Carolina, the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
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A Stm’r of the Roanoke, Norfolk & Baltimore Steamboat Co., leaves
Williamsto [Williamston] N, C,
[N. C.] daily at 5 a, m., [5 A. M.,] arriving at Jamesville at 7:30 a.
m., [A. M.,] and Edenton at 1 p. m.
[P. M.]
Connecting at Williamston with Albemarle and Raleigh Rail Road, Jamesville
with Jamesville and Washington Rail Road, and Edenton, with E. City &
Norfolk Rail Road.
| Citation: | [Steamer for the Roanoke, Norfolk, and Baltimore Steamboat Company Advertisement], Edenton Albemarle Enquirer (Edenton, NC), July 15, 1886. | | Location: | North Carolina Collection, Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858 USA | | Call Number: | NoCar Microfilm EdMisc-1 | | |
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