William R. Webb

Historical marker location:

4338 Oxford Rd, Roxboro, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Oxford Road (U.S. 158) and Surf Mount Tizrah Road (County Road 1717), on the right when traveling east on Oxford Road.)

Marker installed: 1962

"Sawney".

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%.