Historical Marker
George Henry Black Memorial
Historical marker location:
201 N. Chestnut Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of Chestnut Street and 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north on Chestnut Street.)
Master Brickmaker. 1879-1980.
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%.