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In late October 1775, the Virginia Committee of Safety ordered Colonel William Woodford and his 2nd Virginia Regiment, along with five companies of Culpeper Minutemen, to march towards Norfolk and protect "?all friends to the American cause." The …
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"?to reduce this colony to a proper sense of their duty?to His Majesty's crown and dignity?" On November 15, 1775, the day after his success in routing the rebels at Kemp's Landing, Lord Dunmore issued a proclamation declaring martial law and o…
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By the summer of 1775, British control over the Colony of Virginia was in peril and Dunmore looked to Norfolk, the most heavily populated town in Virginia and the largest seaport between New York and Charleston. The occupation of Norfolk and Hampt…
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The Canal Becomes a Federal Government Waterway Competition from the railways and the re-structured Dismal Swamp Canal Company signaled the downfall of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Company in 1910. By 1913, Congress, recognizing the econo…
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The Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Gains Steam By 1850, larger steam driven commercial carriers needed a faster, deeper and wider passage to market than the hand dug Dismal Swamp Canal, a few miles west of here. Digging the Dismal Swamp Canal, …
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A Safer, Faster Route was Needed Prior to the Revolutionary War, the most direct routes to transport goods to Norfolk and points north from North Carolina were, either the very slow overland route through the village of Great Bridge, or the ver…
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Why doe the Canal Need a Lock? The Great Bridge Lock is unique, because it is a guard lock—it guards water quality. Fresh water flows into the lock on your left from Currituck Sound in North Carolina. Salty water flows into the lock on yo…
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In the early morning of December 9, 1775, two opposing forces faced each other across the GreatBridge, the British on the north end and the patriots to the south. The battle lasted about thirty minutes...but its outcome will last as long as Americ…
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1600s: Woodlands, Marshes and the Great BridgeThe rich forests and fields south of the Elizabeth River and in northeastern North Carolina gave the early settlers in the late 1600s bountiful yields of shingles, naval stores, lumber, grain and tobac…
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The Battle of Great Bridge, in 1775, influenced everything you see today. Location, lives and legends are all here. A. Great Bridge Lock ParkEnjoy a boat ramp, playground, picnic shelters and the many inviting vistas. Walk the nature trail and …
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