Cherry Hospital

Historical marker location:

Goldsboro, North Carolina

( Marker is on Old Smithfield Road (State Highway 581) ½ mile north of West Ash Street /Stevens Mill Road, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2001

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%.