Lower freights, heavier water transportation, two-way cargoes, safer navigation, provided by Virginia-Carolina link in intercoastal waterway system, extending from Norfolk, Va., to Cape Fear River, 15 mi. below Wilmington, N. C.; will cost Federal Government $13,346,654 upon completion, will eliminate dangers to small vessels and barges off Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout and Frying Plan shoals, will place greatest ports in North and East in direct waterway communication with largest and smallest ports as far south as Wilmington; entire project ready in 1931.
A boon to South Atlantic port traffic
Naut. Gaz.
Nautical Gazette ; 119 , n 19
1930
Article (Journal)
English
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