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| | The Frograil Tour Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Chief rivers which bore an indirect effect on Stanly County's eventual railroads were the Roanoke (a real beast, and its crossing location pretty much dictated the railroad map in the state for many, many years), and the Yadkin/Pee Dee (a big river, which, before a series of dams was constructed, was one big-time tough cookie. |
 | | This is the Granddaddy of railroads in Stanly County. |
 | | The "hot spot" for train watching in Stanly County during this exciting period had to be Whitney, where the Yadkin's branch from New Halls Ferry Junction, the WSS, and the industrial spur to the Badin aluminum plant all met. |
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