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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17X1_aviation-field-yorktown_Yorktown-VA.html
From July 1919 until August 1921, the U.S. Navy operated an aviation training school at the U.S. Navy Mine Depot, today's Naval Weapons Station Yorktown. The school provided the first advanced aviation training for naval pilots in bomb, torpedo, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17X0_york-river-ferry_Yorktown-VA.html
Records indicate that regular ferry service began hereas early as 1647 to cross the river between Yorktown and Gloucester Point. Ferries were licensed by the Virginia House of Burgesses and tolls, equipment, and services were regulated by colonial…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17WZ_chesapeake-bay-watermen_Yorktown-VA.html
Rugged men and women have made their living on the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers for centuries. Known as watermen, they hand down skills learned by observing water, climate, and wildlife. Consequently, younger generations learn time-honored mariti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17WY_yorktowns-tea-party_Yorktown-VA.html
While the Boston Tea Party of December 1773 is famous,a lesser known protest against the Tea Act also occurred in Virginia. On November 7, 1774 some concerned citizens of York County openly boarded a ship in the harbor and dumped two small chests …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17WX_george-p-coleman-bridge_Yorktown-VA.html
Completed in 1952, the George P. Coleman Bridge is3,750 feet long. The structure replaced a ferry system that operated here for more than 200 years. The bridge was widened and reconstructed in 1995. Prefabricated in six sections, the entire sup…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17WW_nicks-seafood-pavilion_Yorktown-VA.html
After a vacation stopover in Yorktown, Nick and Mary Mathews decided to return in 1944 to open a restaurant. The original Nick's had 35 seats. Later, Nick's Seafood Pavilion, famous for it's fine seafood menu and ornate decor, expanded to seat 440…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17WV_n-s-savannah_Yorktown-VA.html
N.S. Savannah, a joint project of the U.S. Maritime Administration and the Atomic Energy Commission, was the first nuclear-powered merchant ship. She was built to carry up to 60 passengers and 9,250 tons of cargo. In 1962, after reactor tests at Y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17WU_wars-yorktown_Yorktown-VA.html
This lower Chesapeake Bay location has been strategic since early colonial days when a fort was built to protect the colony from warring European powers. In the 17th and 18th centuries, ships loaded with tobacco would form convoys at Yorktown to a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17WT_heavy-artillery-at-yorktown_Yorktown-VA.html
Within a few years of Yorktown's founding in 1691, a small gun battery was established along the shoreline. Later, Virginia's Royal Governor Spotswood rebuilt andenlarged the fortification to include 11 cannon. By 1731, the town's battery of betwe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17WS_virginia-institute-of-marine-science_Yorktown-VA.html
Across the York River in Gloucester County is the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), one of the nation's leading centers for the interdisciplinary research in coastal oceans and estuarine science.Chartered in 1940 as the Virginia Fisheri…
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