Daniel E. Rhyne

Historical marker location:

702 North New Hope Road, Gastonia, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of North New Hope Road (State Highway 279) and Lander Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North New Hope Road.)

Marker installed: 1973

1852-1931.

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%.