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Atlantic Beach in Carteret County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

World Trade Center

Artifact # H-0019B

 
 
World Trade Center Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, June 10, 2023
1. World Trade Center Marker
Inscription.
This steel beam was recovered from
Ground Zero and donated by
the Port Authority of New York
and New Jersey to
the Atlantic Beach Fire Department

Dedicated to Honor and Remember
those who lost their lives on

September 11, 2001

 
Erected by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: 9/11 Attacks. In addition, it is included in the World Trade Center Beams series list.
 
Location. 34° 42.055′ N, 76° 44.385′ W. Memorial is in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, in Carteret County. It is at the intersection of West Fort Macon Road (North Carolina Route 58) and South Kinston Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West Fort Macon Road. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 125 W Fort Macon Rd, Atlantic Beach NC 28512, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain and on the Crystal Coast. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. Globally, it is in the North
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Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hoop Pole Creek: A Coastal Nature Preserve (approx. 0.7 miles away); Hoop Pole Creek (approx. 0.7 miles away); Hoophole Creek (approx. 1.3 miles away); Fort Macon (approx. 1.6 miles away); Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (approx. 1.6 miles away); Carolina City (approx. 1.7 miles away); Camp Glenn (approx. 1.8 miles away); Siege of Fort Macon (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Atlantic Beach.
 
World Trade Center Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, June 10, 2023
2. World Trade Center Marker
World Trade Center Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, June 10, 2023
3. World Trade Center Marker
World Trade Center Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, June 10, 2023
4. World Trade Center Marker
World Trade Center Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, June 10, 2023
5. World Trade Center Marker
World Trade Center Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, June 10, 2023
6. World Trade Center Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 11, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. This page has been viewed 212 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on June 11, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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