Bricks & mortar.

In 1871, a railway being built from Raleigh to Augusta, Ga., crossed the tracks running from Wilmington to Charlotte. Hamlet grew into a rail hub, the busiest on the Seaboard Air Line system, which built this depot and division headquarters in 1900. At one time, about 30 passenger trains departed...

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