Ervin T. Rouse

Historical marker location:

Dover, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 55 and Wintergreen Road (County Route 1256), on the right when traveling north on State Highway 55.)

Marker installed: 2008

1917-1981.

The town of Saluda, North Carolina, is home to the steepest standard-gauge mainline railway grade in the United States, with a gradient of 4.7%.