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Prices Creek

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PRICES CREEK WAS BUILT IN 1849

Prices Creek was built with bricks

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Prices creek is 26 feet tall and 25 feet wide

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Prices Creek is located on the side of Cape Fear river

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It was used for guiding ships from the cape fear river to Wilmington North Carolina

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PRICES CREEK IS NOT IN USE TODAY IT WAS DEACTIVATED IN THE 1860'S

Prices creek got its named because 35,000 dollars got brought to it and a lot of gold and valuables were traded there

FUN FACTS

  • John Bell worked as the first keeper.
  • The bricks that were used to build prices creek were imported from England
  • The Confederate army turned the brick keeper’s house into a signal station, which provided communication between Fort Caswell and Fort Fisher.
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