Info about the Biltmore Estate https://www.ncfieldfamily.org/travel/attractions/biltmore-estate/

Interesting that the pool had electricity:

Biltmore House had underwater lights in its indoor swimming pool at a time when many homes were still lit with candles, oil and gas lamps. Electricity was in its formative years during the home’s construction, so Biltmore architect Richard Morris Hunt decided to wire the home with both Alternating Current (AC) and Direct Current (DC),

It took 1,000 men six years to build the house. Vanderbilt had fallen in love with Western North Carolina’s climate and scenery, and in 1888 he began purchasing land that eventually amounted to 125,000 acres. Construction began a year later by what is reported as 1,000 talented craftsmen, and Biltmore House opened to the family at Christmas 1895.

To expedite the shipments of building materials, a special railroad track opened directly to the construction site from the main railway, though it was demolished once the home was complete. (And don’t forget, Vanderbilt’s grandfather Cornelius made his fortune in the railroad industry.)

Vanderbilt and slave trade https://atlantablackstar.com/2013/08/21/10-celebs-whose-family-owned-black-slaves/

Curious that Anderson Cooper's great grandfather/cousin owned the slave plantation where Michelle Obama's relative worked.

A rule of thumb is: where there is old money, you will find some connection to slavery. So, of course, it wasn’t hard to determine that Anderson Cooper was connected, in a familial way, to slavery. His bloodline is tied to the Vanderbilts, one of the richest families in American history. Cooper’s great-great-grandfather, Cornelius Vanderbilt – who was also Cooper’s cousin through inbreeding – was a tycoon who built his wealth from shipping and railroads. He also owned plantations: one, in particular, was in Georgetown, S.C., where Michelle Robinson Obama’s ancestor Jim Robinson, who was born a slave in 1850, worked.

also interesting regarding descendants from slave traders:

...Thomas Walker a direct ancestor of George W. and George H.W. Bush was part of a much more appalling group: Thomas Walker was a notorious slave trader active in the late 18th century along the coast of West Africa. Walker, George H.W. Bush’s great-great-great grandfather, was the captain of, master of, or investor in at least 11 slaving voyages to West Africa between 1784 and 1792.”

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, at least five Walker family households, George W. Bush’s ancestors by his father’s mother, owned slaves in Maryland’s Cecil County.

I don't recall the Obama' bringing that up (maybe because Obama's mother's family also owned slaves) Anderson Cooper certainly didn't mention it http://conservativefighters.com/news/flashback-anderson-coopers-family-tied-slavery-owned-plantation-michelle-obama-relative-lived/

Pretty sure that's a NSA bot from way back. (sarc and defensive)

The guy who first brought Q to this board -- @alphabravo -- actually told me that people in high places were actively monitoring our research. If I could search my damn inbox, I'd get screencap for you. Unfortunately, it's about 600 pages back in my history. :-)