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Scenic Overlook Chesapeake Boulevard at Manteo, Overlooking the Hampton Roads Hampton, VA 23661 Site of the Submarine Races |
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06/09/06 | 02/28/09 |
The 2009 World Submarine Racing Championships
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Well, what
did you expect to see?
... Hope the rest of your day goes better!
P.S.
Don't feel bad ~~ I looked at all the photos too.
- Wayne Stokes
('65) of VA - 02/26/09 |
THEN: |
Remember - Irving Berlin, 1925 One little kiss, a moment
of bliss, |
NOW: | |||
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Saturday, October 28, 2000 | |||
This sign
obviously didn't exist during the mid-sixties... - Carol Buckley Harty of NC - 05/03/03 |
REALLY NOW: | ||
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Saturday, October 18, 2003 | ||
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Saturday, October 18, 2003 | ||
More Carnage from Hurricane Isabel!!!
The Scenic Overlook is GONE -
washed away, completely obliterated! - Carol Buckley Harty of NC - 10/29/03 |
Here is some
additional information related to Dave Spriggs' ('64 of VA) postcard photo of
the Chesapeake
Avenue waterfront near Hampton Roads Avenue. The postcard photo was stated to
have been taken from a
Chesapeake Ferry Co. site or vessel.
See http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/east-end/chesapeake-blvd.jpg
The actual
identity of that ferry boat landing is given in Newport News 325 Years,
published 1946
by The Newport News Golden Anniversary Corporation, which apparently
was a group of prominent NN citizens
who hastily had something put together and printed for the celebration.
My friend, the late Parke Rouse, was on the team.
On page 302 the Chesapeake Ferry Co.'s beginnings are described:
"Regular
double-ended ferry service for the transportation of passengers and vehicles
was established by the
Chesapeake Ferry Co. in 1912. When the company started it was thought that
business from both Hampton
and Newport News could be secured if the Peninsula terminus was placed at a
spot midway between the two
cities and accordingly a slip was built at
the end of Manteo Avenue on the Boulevard.
After struggling
with this location for about two years the company realized its mistake, for
in hoping to get the trade from the
two cities, it actually got but little from either. So after the Municipal
Boat Harbor was built in 1914 it moved
its slip to that location where it has been ever since. In 1925 another firm,
the Hampton Roads Transportation
Co., instituted a ferry service from Old Point Comfort to Willoughby Spit.
This company was bought out
by Chesapeake Ferry Corp. in 1929. A complete list of the Chesapeake Ferry
steamers is given elsewhere
in this volume."
In the latter 1930s I was busy laying bicycle tire tracks all
over the Boulevard. My grandfather told me about the
original ferry landing at the end of Manteo Avenue and the next day I was
on-site to look for artifacts. Sure
enough, there were a few pier pilings still in place. But one would never
have suspected that a ferry landing had
ever been there.
Nostalgic best wishes,
Fred Field ('45) of CA - 01/04/05
WOWZERS! Thanks for solving that mystery for us, Fred!
When was the last time anyone went down to Chesapeake Boulevard to watch the Submarine Races?
-
Chandler Nelms (HHS - ‘63) of MD - 09/10/05
Sigh. Thanks, Chandler!
I moved
away from the Peninsula on 12/30/67, and though I returned for the Summer of
'68, for all intents and
purposes, I was gone, so I really couldn't say when I last watched... um, I
mean, ah.... what am I saying?!?
But I will say that in October of
2000 (after living in the Midwest for the better part of 30 years), when I
returned
for
my 35-Year Reunion,
my sister and I were given a personal
tour of the Peninsula by a close friend. This was
one of the main highlights of our guided tour, and I captured those first four
images amidst great fits of giggles.
The "Scenic Overlook" sign was particularly intriguing to me, though I have no
idea how long it had been in place.
Three years later when I viewed the wretched devastation which
Hurricane Isabel
had inflicted upon that place,
the giggles were long gone. It broke my heart, and I couldn't control some
very bitter tears.....
- Carol Buckley Harty of NC - 09/12/05
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(This page was created on 06/08/03.)
"Keep Your Hands
to Yourself" midi courtesy of
http://www.geocities.com/middiz/
located by Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 06/08/03
Thanks again, Dave!
"Keep Your Hands
to Yourself" lyrics courtesy of
http://www.angelfire.com/me2/zelsparkbench/song237.html
at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 06/07/03
Thanks, Dave!
"Remember" lyrics courtesy of http://www.thepeaches.com/music/composers/berlin/ - 09/13/03
Hearts and Flowers clip art courtesy of http://members.tripod.com/~emelinda/index-12.html - 10/21/04 (re-saved 02/28/09)
Animated Pulsing Hearts clip art courtesy of http://www.animation-station.com/ - 05/03/03
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