page_title: Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Company
section_title: 20th Century (1900–1948)
hierarchical_section_title: Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Company / History / 20th Century (1900–1948)
caption_attribution_description: English: Pier of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co. on the Southwest Waterfront around 1908
context_page_description: The Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Company was a steamboat company that transported passengers and freight between Washington, DC and Norfolk, Virginia on the Potomac River.
context_section_description: In 1907, the company experience the best year during the Jackson Exposition in Norfolk. A modern, all-steel day boat was built for the occasion. It was a sidewheeler called the Jamestown and ran the entire summer. It ran again in 1908 but the success was not there. The boat was sold to an Argentine firm.
  On October 3, 1908 at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, in the Newport News Shipbuilding Company yard, the Southland is launched in front of a crowd of hundreds. In 1909, the new steamer is delivered, followed in 1911 with its sister ship, the Northland. These boats had steel hulls unlike its predecessors who were made of charcoal iron.
  The Norfolk and the Washington were sold to the Colonial Line where they were renamed the Lexington and Concord. They operated the line between New York and Providence until World War I.
caption: Pier of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company on the Southwest Waterfront around 1908. Notice the proximity of the office building and the steamboat
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