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8707
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During the blockades of the Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War, it became necessary for North Carolina to convert its gristmills to saltworks. Windmills were used to pump sea water into the plant, where it was then either boiled or evaporated, leaving only salt residue. Toward the end of the Civil War, several saltworks were destroyed by Yankee forces. So far, only thirteen saltworks that used windmills in production have been identified. They are in New Hanover, Carteret, and Brunswick counties.
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8752
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In the last year, Tucker Littleton has documented 155 windmills on North Carolina's Outer Coastal Plain. The first windmill in North Carolina was built in 1723 at Avon. So far, the majority of the surviving windmills have been discovered in Carteret County. Lyanne Westcott of Manteo has begun the restoration of a 19th-century windmill at Nags Head. Scheduled to finish in September, the windmill will be open to the public.
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8893
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The coastal region of North Carolina was home to over 155 windmills during the 18th- and 19th-centuries. The windmills incorporated a post-mill design better suited for the region than tower-mills. Post-mills were effective because they allowed the windmill to be turned into the wind, were cheaper to construct, and were made with materials available in eastern North Carolina. Coastal mills were built for grinding grain or pumping water. Researcher Tucker Littleton found that in North Carolina, mills built above the Onslow County-Pender County line tended to be grist mills while those built below the line tended to be water mills. Littleton also discovered that Carteret County contained the largest number of windmills. Few North Carolinians remember the role windmills played in the state's past. Lynanne Westcott is trying to change this as she has built an exact replica of a 19th-century windmill in Manteo.
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8956
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As early as 1694, livestock was being raised and sold on the Outer Banks. Although subject to the onslaught of storms, livestock was well fed and protected by the marshes. Because of overpopulation, free ranging stock has been almost completely eliminated in recent decades.\r\n
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12679
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Although of short duration, the shark skin industry in North Carolina centered in Morehead city at the Ocean Leather Company in October 1918. Following suit, other sharkskin factories opened in New Jersey, and Florida, spurring the New York owners of the Ocean Leather Company to open a second location in North Carolina's Bogue Sound.
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16492
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This article follows the stories of ghosts and haunted houses from the residents of the central coastal region of North Carolina, mostly Beaufort and Swansboro.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 8 Issue 1, July 1960,
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24530
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North Carolina’s first steamboat, PROMETHEUS (ship), was built in Swansboro by Captain Otway Burns (1775-1850), a Privateer hero of the War of 1812.
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