Record #:

18915

Author(s):

Whatley, Mac

Abstract:

During six weeks of 1993, an usual rescue operation took place in Charlotte. One hundred and thirty-five tons of wood and cast iron were disassembled, moved, and reassembled in Davidson County. The 1899 Charlotte Cotton Compress, an invaluable artifact of southern industry and industrialization, had been in danger of destruction by expansion of the Norfolk Southern Railway, but by 1995 the compress will be restored to operating condition.

Source:

North Carolina Preservation (NoCar Oversize E 151 N6x), Vol. Issue 94, Fall 1994, p12-13, f

Subject(s):

Historic preservation--Charlotte; Charlotte Cotton Compress