| From the Augusta Constitutionalist |
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| May 5, 1864 |
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| Blockade Prices |
| The Wilmington Journal of the
12th contains the following report of a catalogue sale of blockade
goods in that city on the 11th: |
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| railroad iron, 1.60 per lb |
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| {"Railroad
iron" usually meant rails. The 1861 price for rails was $50 per
ton of 2240 pounds; at the above price, such a ton would cost $3584.
This is the first hint that any track was brought through the
blockade. The railroads used a lot of other iron for construction and
repairs to cars and machinery; this was usually called "bar
iron" and was available in limited quantities from Tredegar and
other places.} |
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