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End of Car Line

Summary by Atlas Obscura
This humble marker recalls the West Asheville & Sulphur Springs Electric Railway Company, whose trolleys used to run past this site between 1891 and 1895. Edwin Carrier, who made his fortune in lumber, built an empire in West Asheville including the Sulphur Springs Hotel, a dam and power plant on Hominy Creek, a number of brick buildings along Haywood Road, and of course the railway system itself, which was one of the first hydroelectric-powered…

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End of Car Line

This humble marker recalls the West Asheville & Sulphur Springs Electric Railway Company, whose trolleys used to run past this site between 1891 and 1895. Edwin Carrier, who made his fortune in lumber, built an empire in West Asheville including the Sulphur Springs Hotel, a dam and power plant on Hominy Creek, a number of brick buildings along Haywood Road, and of course the railway system itself, which was one of the first hydroelectric-powered…

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Atlas Obscura broke the news in on Thursday, August 7, 2025.
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