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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 42714

Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia


Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 16 March 1861. The ship of the line Pennsylvania, receiving ship at the yard, is shown at anchor on the left side of the image.
The Navy Yard, and the Pennsylvania, were burned just over a month later, on 20 April 1861.

Courtesy of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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8 January 2002