Record #:

9962

Author(s):

Brown, Landis G.

Abstract:

At Southport once stood the Cape Fear Quarantine Station. The center operated from the 1890s to the mid-1900s, disinfecting vessels and confining contagious passengers in attempts to stave the spreading of infectious diseases.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 41 Issue 6, Nov 1973, p28-30, por

Subject(s):

Quarantine--Southport; Ships--Disinfection