growth of Newport News was triggered by the decision to make it the terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Source: Library of Congress, Perspective map of Newport News, Va., county seat of Warwick County 1891
growth of Newport News was triggered by the decision to make it the terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Source: Library of Congress, Perspective map of Newport News, Va., county seat of Warwick County 1891
the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Company started in 1886, and was renamed the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company in 1890
Source: Library of Congress, Perspective map of Newport News, Va., county seat of Warwick County 1891
Newport News in 1887
Source: Newport News Public Library, Bird's Eye View, Newport News, VA
Colis P. Huntington used the Old Dominion Land Company to acquire land for the development of Newport News
Source: Newport News Public Library, Map of Property Owned by the Old Dominion Land Company (Map Collection of the Old Dominion Land Company)
building the USS Virginia or a ship of that class at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in 1906
Source: Newport News Public Library, Shipyards and Harbor, Newport News, VA-PC-27A
one competitive advantage of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company was its large drydock
Source: Newport News Public Library, Largest Dry Dock in the World
the large drydock allowed workers to access all of a ship's hull for inspection and repair
Source: Newport News Public Library, Ship in Dry Dock
the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company built the battleship USS Kearsarge in 1898
Source: Newport News Public Library, Battleship Kearsarge
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad built Coal Pier 9 in 1892, where railcars were overturned to dump the coal
Source: Newport News Public Library, C & O Railway Company's New Coal Pier
piers lined the shoreline of Newport News in 1944
Source: Newport News Public Library, C&O Terminal A
the original small Newport News annnexed land to expand, finally merging with the City of Warwick in 1958
Source: Newport News Public Library, City of Newport News and Vicinity (Map Collection of the Old Dominion Land Company)
the Newport News Shipyard built ships for the US Navy, including the U.S.S. Houston in 1928-29
Source: University of Houston Digital Library, Newport News Shipyard in 1928
many warships for the US Navy have been built in Newport News
Source: Boston Public Library, Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va
Watts Creek, now dammed to create Mariner's Lake, was the original water supply for Newport News
Source: ESRI, ArcGIS Online
ships under construction in Newport News shipyard (March 10, 1920)
Source: National Archives, Virginia - Newport News
Newport News shipyard after James River Bridge was built in 1928
Source: National Archives, Virginia - Newport News
Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding in Newport News attaches the lower stern to the rest of the hull of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy
Source: US Navy (170622-N-N2201-140)