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Tar and Turpentine Industry in North Carolina History
A historical sketch from a North Carolina genealogical survey shows the naval store industry starting around 1700 in Carolina and Virginia. Pine sources, tar, pitch, and crude turpentine were shipped via Norfolk and Wilmington with shifts westward as settlements grew. The piece traces methods, trade routes, export volumes, and the rise and decline of tar and turpentine production through the 19th century, noting shifts in distillation, transportation, and the impact of British policy.
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North Carolina
Tar Heel
N. C
Ealogical Survey
Carolina
Virginia
Theophrastus
Norfolk
England
New York
Nansemond
Albemarle Sound
Roanoke
Washington
Newbern
Philadelphia
United States
France
Bordeaux
Wilmington
Edgecombe County
Wayne County
Gulf of Bothnia
Sweden
Cape Fear
India
Cape Fear River
South Carolina
Cumberland
Harnets
Washington and Newbern
Wilmington and Weldon
Petersburg