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  2. Newport News Shipbuilding - Wikipedia

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    Newport News Shipbuilding ( NNS ), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the sole designer, builder, and refueler of aircraft carriers and one of two providers of submarines for the United States Navy. Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886, Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships, including ...

  3. Virginia Port Authority - Wikipedia

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    Newport News Marine Terminal. Newport News Marine Terminal is the smallest of the four facilities, with a land area of 140.64 acres (0.5691 km 2). The terminal has a forty-five-foot-deep main channel. The terminal is serviced by 42,720 feet (13,020 m) of rail track and four container cranes. Two berths handle cruise vessels and breakbulk cargo.

  4. Newport News Middle Ground Light - Wikipedia

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    121-0020. Significant dates. Added to NRHP. December 2, 2002. Designated VLR. September 10, 2003 [2] Newport News Middle Ground Light is a lighthouse near the Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel (MMMBT) on Interstate 664 in Hampton Roads. [3] [4] [5] It is the oldest caisson lighthouse in Virginia.

  5. Collis P. Huntington High School - Wikipedia

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    Collis P. Huntington High School, commonly referred to as just Huntington High School (opened in 1927) was a black high school located in the East End section of Newport News, Virginia, US, during the era of racial segregation. After desegregation, it became an integrated intermediate school (eighth and ninth grades), and in 1981 was converted ...

  6. History of Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    During the 17th century, shortly after establishment of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607, English settlers and explorers began settling the areas adjacent to Hampton Roads. In 1610, Sir Thomas Gates took possession of a nearby Native American village which became known as Kecoughtan . In 1619, the area of Newport News was included in one of four ...

  7. Newport News station - Wikipedia

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    Newport News station is an Amtrak inter-city train station in Newport News, Virginia. The station is the southern terminus of two daily Northeast Regional round trips. It has a single side platform adjacent to a large CSX rail yard.

  8. Daily Press (Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    2767-5971. Website. dailypress .com. The Daily Press Inc. is a daily morning newspaper published in Newport News, Virginia, which covers the lower and middle Peninsula of Tidewater Virginia. It was established in 1896 and bought by Tribune Company in 1986. Current owner Tribune Publishing spun off from the company in 2014.

  9. Port Warwick - Wikipedia

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    Port Warwick. Coordinates: 37.071046°N 76.484557°W. Styron Square, Port Warwick. Port Warwick is a new project located in the Oyster Point area in Newport News, Virginia. It is a mixed-use new urbanism development built upon a 150-acre (0.61 km 2) parcel. Port Warwick is a pedestrian-oriented community and the second-largest planned community ...

  10. City Center at Oyster Point - Wikipedia

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    City Center at Oyster Point is a business district in the Oyster Point section of Newport News, Virginia. It is a 52-acre (210,000 m 2) high density mixed-use development that has 230,000 sq ft (21,000 m 2 ). of Retail Shops and Restaurants and 1,000,000 sq ft (100,000 m 2 ). of Class A office space. It is inspired by the maritime history of ...

  11. USS Lancaster Eagle - Wikipedia

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    The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia The USS Lancaster Eagle is a figurehead that was carved in 1880-1881 by John Haley Bellamy for the USS Lancaster . [1] [2] The eagle is currently owned by and displayed at the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia .