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Throwback Thursday: Remembering Babcock and Wilcox’s Wilmington plant - WWAYTV3 (opens the original)
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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — More than four decades after hundreds of workers walked out of Babcock and Wilcox’s Wilmington plant for the final time, former employees are still coming together to remember the people and the workplace they shared. Babcock and Wilcox came to Wilmington in 1951 and eventually employed more than 1,200 people, making the facility one of the area’s largest manufacturers. That changed in 1983, when the company said it did not have enough work to keep three plants operating.
Throwback Thursday: Wilmington’s airport was running out of room more than 40 years ago - WWAYTV3 (opens the original)
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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Wilmington International Airport handles roughly 5,000 arriving and departing passengers each day today, but more than 40 years ago, the airport was already facing growing pains. In September 1984, what was then known as New Hanover County Airport was handling about 400 to 500 passengers a day, and airport personnel said the terminal was running out of room. A WWAY report from the time showed the airport beginning its day before sunrise, with three planes being loaded wit
Throwback Thursday: Ferris wheel legend, school smoking crackdown and a million-dollar surprise - WWAYTV3 (opens the original)
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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — This week’s Throwback Thursday takes us back to September 1997 for a look at a longtime Ferris wheel operator, a high school smoking crackdown and a Southport woman who won $1 million. Nelson Ferris had been operating Ferris wheels for more than 40 years in 1997, continuing a family tradition that stretched back three generations. At the time, Ferris was still operating a manual Ferris wheel built in 1947. “You get attached to something,” Ferris said in the 1997 WWAY repo
Throwback Thursday: When the Labor Day crowds left Wrightsville Beach in 1984 - WWAYTV3 (opens the original)
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WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC (WWAY) — For many people, Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of summer. But for those who live and work at the beach, the end of the holiday weekend can mean something else: a welcome change of pace. In 1984, WWAY cameras returned to Wrightsville Beach after the Labor Day crowds had gone home to see how locals were feeling about the quieter season ahead. Just days earlier, the beach had been packed with people enjoying a hot summer afternoon. Now, the weather was c
Throwback Thursday: Carolina Beach hoped for Labor Day boost in 1997 - WWAYTV3 (opens the original)
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CAROLINA BEACH, NC — Labor Day weekend has long been one of the final big opportunities for beach businesses to attract tourists before the summer season winds down. In 1997, Carolina Beach businesses were hoping the holiday weekend would provide one last boost after a slower-than-usual summer. WWAY cameras visited Carolina Beach that year as streets and beaches remained relatively quiet heading into the holiday weekend. Business owners said tourism had been down slightly during the summer, with
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