Rt. Rev. Alfred Augustin Watson

Historical marker location:

106 Madison St, Plymouth, North Carolina

( Marker is on Madison Street south of East Water Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1999

1818-1905.

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%.