Drydock No. 1 (us-virginia)
Type: waterway=dock
Coordinates: 36.820621212518546, -76.29303274171642
Area: 0.002396853515625 km²
OSM tags:
description: Drydock No.1was constructed in 1834 of large blocks of Massachusetts granite, the sides are built up in a series of stepped tiers. During the Civil War, the Confederate Navy used it to rebuild the USS MERRIMAC in the first ironclad warship, CSS VIRGINIA.
dock: drydock
heritage: 2
heritage:operator: nrhp
heritage:website: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/index.htm
historic: maritime
intermittent: yes
name: Drydock No. 1
nrhp:criteria: (A), (C)
nrhp:inscription_date: 1971-11-11
nrhp:nhl: yes
protection_title: U.S. Navy
ref:nrhp: 70000862
source_ref: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682616
start_date: 1834
waterway: dock
website: https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Home/Shipyards/Norfolk/About-Us/History/
wikipedia: en:Drydock Number One, Norfolk Naval Shipyard