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Carrboro mill village and railroad

West End, Lloydville, Venable and the mills and spur line that made the town.

5 works in the index name this event.

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Carr Mill shopping village

1977 · Carr Mill?

UNC

Carr Mill, Carrboro, North Carolina : a rehabilitation project under the Tax Reform Act of 1976

Thomas, Margaret A. (Margaret Ann), 1951- · 1979 · U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, Technical Preservation Services Division

Carrboro Depot

1979

Exterior of Carrboro-Chapel Hill Depot, "built in 1880s."

Friends of Old Carrboro, Inc. collection, circa 1970s-2000

Friends of Old Carrboro, Inc · 1974

UNC

Carr Mill Mall

Cotten, Jerry (some photos) · 1900

Exterior of the Carrboro Mill in the early 1900s. Employees of the Durham Hosiery Co. located at Carr Mill, posed for a group photo. The Carr Mill Mall, built in that space, ca. 1970s. Sign for Elmo's Diner on the exter…

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