Location: US 70 at SR 1821 (British Road) southeast of Kinston
County: Lenoir
Original Date Cast: 1989
(NOTE: Large marker includes a map; the full text follows.)
Location: US 70 at SR 1821 (British Road) southeast of Kinston
County: Lenoir
Original Date Cast: 1989
(NOTE: Large marker includes a map; the full text follows.)
On October 27, 1961, Henry Casey, Lemuel Houston and Thomas Carlyle began serious efforts to salvage the remains of the ironclad CSS Neuse from the Neuse River in Kinston.