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Old Dominion Steamship Piers
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From the reports of the various Army Corps of Engineers’ district officers having charge of river and harbor improvements, Congressional Committee on Rivers and Harbors, 1913, p.610:
"The next are the three wharves of the Old Dominion Steamship Co. In the center of the middle pier there are three tracks, making connections with the Norfolk & Western Railway on Water Street. The larger ships  tie up in the middle of the slips, and by the means of a long gang board, have connections with two piers at once. Most of the freight is handled by hand trucks, but the company also makes use of a small electric truck, and has three endless-belt conveyors.
The next above is Duvall’s wharf, which is the terminal of the People’s Line, running small passenger and freight boats through the canals into North Carolina. This wharf is also used as a place for boats to tie up while undergoing at Duvall’s machine shops.
The next two piers belong to Clyde Steamboat Co., at the western one of which there is a railroad track connecting with the Norfolk & Western Railway on Water Street. The other one of the Clyde Steamboat Co.’s piers is used by Bennetts Line, running small boats into North Carolina. This pier though has no rail connection, and on both piers freight is handled by hand trucks only."
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