The scenic attractions and summer resorts along the railways of the Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia Air Line- the Shenandoah Velley RR., the Norfolk and Western RR., and the East Tennessee, Virginia (14761055955)

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Title: The scenic attractions and summer resorts along the railways of the Virginia, Tennessee & Georgia Air Line: the Shenandoah Velley RR., the Norfolk & Western RR., and the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia RR
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia Air Line Shenandoah Valley Railroad Norfolk and Western Railroad Company East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railway Company
Subjects: Summer resorts
Publisher: New York, Aldine press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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THE WHARVES OF NORFOLK. 26 VIRGINIA, TENNESSEE AND
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NORFOLK HARBOR. Close under the guns of the fort, itsgreat, glaring Hygeia Hotel, with coolbalconies looking across the tide, andbrass-bands drooning music over thewaves. Dozens of sail-boats were in thewater, Their low bent sails in tack and flow,Turned white or dark to shade and sun ; and fresh from their dip in the surf Loose-haired, bare-footed, hand in handYoung girls went tripping down the^sand. The National Cemetery, the SoldiersHome, the Hampton Normal School—all are places of interest in easy distancefrom the hotel. Historic Hampton Roads, with itsbroad sheeny waters, snow-flecked with peaceful sails, opens out toward theWest. It was here that the frigatesCumberland and Congress had theirdeath fight with the Confederate ramMerrimac, and where she had her fa-mous combat with the Monitor. Theeastern waters of the Roads mingle withthose of the finest harbor along theAtlantic Coast, and Norfolk City sitsmistress of the waves at its head. Ourship went down along a line of wharve