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Navigating Sandy Hook Waters
Aids to Navigation
The broad expanse of New York Har...
Water Power at Speedwell
Powering the Factory
Originally water for the Factor...
Whitewater
Site of Cahuilla Indian Village of Wanapiapa, home of the ...
Waterford Baptist Church
Erected 1853
At dawn on August 27, 1862, Captain E.V...
Waterford
Unionist Stronghold
Historically Quaker and abolitio...
The Watering Place
Near this spot early colonial navigators replenishe...
Waterhouse's Battery
Sherman's Division
U. S.
Waterhouse's Battery,...
William H. Waterhouse Residence
Built in 1884
This property has been placed
on...
Downtown Waterfront Revitalization
In the 1950s the downtown waterfront contained an assortme...
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
Off this point in the Elizabeth River is the zero mile buo...
Results for Water
Navigating Sandy Hook Waters
Aids to Navigation
The broad expanse of New York Harbor is misleading. Shoals and sandbars pose underwater threats to navigation and ships must stay in channels for safe passage.
Until the Ambrose Channel was created, all ships entered the harbor through a ...
Water Power at Speedwell
Powering the Factory
Originally water for the Factory waterwheel was supplied from the Upper Pond, or reservoir, which was located beyond the housing development behind you. When the wheel was installed, the water from the pond was piped under ground to ...
Whitewater
Site of Cahuilla Indian Village of Wanapiapa, home of the Wanakik Lineage. Visited by Jose Romero Expedition exploring overland route from Sonora to California 1823. Eastern boudary of Rancho San Gorgonio. Adobe south of highway served as Stage Station for ...
Waterford Baptist Church
Erected 1853
At dawn on August 27, 1862, Captain E.V. White's 60-man company, nucleus of the 35th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, attacked 28 men of Captain S.C. Means' Company of Independent Loudoun Virginia Rangers (Union) encamped here in this church. After three ...
Waterford
Unionist Stronghold
Historically Quaker and abolitionist Waterford decisively split with Loudoun County's pro-Confederate majority and rejected secession (220 votes to 31) in Virginia's May 1861 referendum. Many residents fled to Maryland as Southern troops occupied the town and its Quaker meeting ...
The Watering Place
Near this spot early colonial navigators replenished their ships’ supply of water from a spring well known to those anchoring inside the Narrows before the year 1623.
The Richmond County Chapter,
Daughters of
the American Revolution,
place this tablet to mark
the earliest historical ...
Waterhouse's Battery
Sherman's Division
U. S.
Waterhouse's Battery,
"E", 1st Ill. Lt. Art., Sherman's (5th) Div.,
Army of the Tennessee.
One section of this battery was in action here from 7 a.m. to 7.30 a.m. April 6, 1862. It then retired 300 yards to main battery.
Marker is ...
William H. Waterhouse Residence
Built in 1884
This property has been placed
on the National Register of
Historic Places by the
United States Department
of the Interior
July 15, 1983
Marker can be reached from Lake Lily Drive south of Maitland Avenue South, on the left when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
Downtown Waterfront Revitalization
In the 1950s the downtown waterfront contained an assortment of aging facilities-wharves, warehouses, rail lines, ship chandlers, tugboat operations, and ferry docks. The city of Norfolk made a significant decision. An area of downtown along the Elizabeth River should be ...
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
Off this point in the Elizabeth River is the zero mile buoy marking the beginning of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. In colonial times water transportation was the principal mode for moving cargo. The idea of a canal connecting the Elizabeth ...