Map of the Dismap Swamp Canal, 1867
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Map by D. S. Walton, published by Hosford & Sons.
- Date created
- 1867
- License
- This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.
- Source
- Original image housed by UNC Libraries / North Carolina Collection
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- North Carolina in the New Nation: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the early national period (1790–1836). Topics include the development of state government and political parties, agriculture, the Great Revival, education, the gold rush, the growth of slavery, Cherokee Removal, and battles over internal improvements and reform. (Page 7.2)
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Map is titled “Dismal Swamp Canal connecting the Chesapeake Bay with Currituck, Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds and their tributary streams, by D. S. Walton, Civil Engineer, 1867.”
The “Proposed Southern Air Line” from Edenton to South Mill was a railroad line that would have gone in a straight line across at least one river — in a “bee line” or, as was said at the time, an “air line.” See this explanation from Wikipedia.
