Download or read book Newport News Through the 20th Century written by Amy Waters Yarsinske and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of Newport News is about a new city in a new century--the twentieth century--with attention to the importance to the first years after incorporation to the nascent years of the twenty-first century. There is little argument that the twentieth century was "America's century," a time of incredible growth, innovation and prosperity across the country, despite depression and war, and the dichotomy of black and white, poverty and wealth that marked the highs and lows of Newport News' twentieth century experience. The consistent threads that weave the Newport News story still hinge on the imagination, ambition and achievement of Collis Huntington; what he started at the end of the nineteenth century became a powerhouse in the twentieth.
Download or read book Newport News written by Jane Carter Webb and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003-11-24 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within slightly more than 100 years, the sleepy village of Newport News has transformed itself from a sparsely populated region of watermen and farmers to a city known as one of the nation's greatest centers for shipbuilding, scientific research, Virginia history, and scenic sites. Nestled along the eastern coast of Virginia on the James River, Newport News has a colorful and dynamic history intrinsically linked to the surrounding water. As the town filled with people of great energy and enthusiasm, their hard work propelled local industry to the forefront of the city's reputation.
Download or read book The Making of a City written by Jack Stodghill and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Making of a City is about Newport News, Virginia, during the four decades when Joseph C. Biggins managed the City. The book is both biographical and historical. As biography, the focus is on City Manager J.C. Biggins' accomplishments, his management style, his undisputed dedication to Newport News, and his love for hunting. As history, the emphasis is on the long struggle of the City to expand its borders while simultaneously working with its neighboring jurisdictions to establish a more workable governmental structure for the rapidly urbanizing Lower Virginia Peninsula."--Page 4 of cover.
Download or read book Newport News During the Second World War written by Newport News (Va.). History Commission World War II. and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Downtown Newport News written by William A. Fox and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-07-26 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read about Newport News' history as a vital early settlement in the nascent America and its center for commerce and more, until the start of WWII. Settled in 1621, Newport News has the oldest English place name of any city in the New World. Its name is said to have come from "Newport's news" that supply ships were coming to save the starving Jamestown colonists in 1610. Farming and fishing were the primary occupations until Collis P. Huntington chose Newport News for the eastern terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in the 1870s. In 1886, he founded the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, which has built some of the most famous ships in history. By 1900, a vital city had grown where there were previously only farms and forest. Through vivid images, maps, and reminiscences, Images of America: Downtown Newport News tells the story of the city's once popular and thriving downtown commercial, social, and entertainment area, which met its end from flight to the suburbs after World War II.
Download or read book Newport News Hampton Phoebus and Old Point Va Directory 1916 Vol 20 written by Hill Directory Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Newport News, Hampton, Phoebus and Old Point, Va., Directory, 1916, Vol. 20: Containing a General and Business Directory of These Places and Other Valuable Information, Including a Guide to the Streets of Newport News and Hampton Lumber, Coal, Wood, Lime, Laths, Cement, Mill Work, Sash, Doors and Blinds Foot of King Street. Phone 23 Hampton, Va. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Consolidation written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hampton Roads area of Virginia changed dramatically during the 20th century as it transformed from rural farmland to suburban sprawl. Two cities in the region, Newport News and Warwick, employed a policy known as consolidation. While many cities throughout the United States utilized consolidation in the post-war era, the merging of Newport News and Warwick illustrates how consolidations manipulated and altered the landscape of the city. The modern city of Newport News is split between a large, prosperous, suburban area mainly populated by whites, and a small urban, declining, urban area mainly populated by blacks. The Newport News/Warwick consolidation illuminates the policies of white flight and suburbanization. The first chapter explores the history of Newport News and Warwick and the move towards consolidation. While Warwick had been a rural county for centuries, Newport News became an established city in 1896. During the post-war era, problems arose between the two polities. Newport News began to suffer from overcrowding, while Warwick was politically and economically weak. At first, Warwick opposed merging with Newport News, even establishing itself as a city. Eventually, the civic leaders of the two cities realized that they needed each other. The second chapter delves into the consolidation effort between Newport News and Warwick. While the majority of people from both cities approved the merger, the rural white population of Warwick and the urban black population of Newport News opposed consolidation as a threat to their political power. Ultimately, the pro-consolidation forces won, and the two cities merged. The third chapter analyzes the immediate effects from the consolidation. While the white population left the former Newport News area, the black population were forced to stay within the confines of the old city. The black population moved into public housing, and the former Newport News area suffered from a lack of city benefits. By contrast the former Warwick area grew in both population and power, until the old county became the dominant section of the city. The forth chapter explains modern day Newport News, a city that is still divided into two separate areas.
Download or read book Report on Municipal Survey of Newport News Virginia 1919 written by Newport News (Va.) and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Newport News Hampton Phoebus and Old Point Va Directory written by Hill Directory Company Inc and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-18 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Newport News, Hampton, Phoebus and Old Point, Va. Directory: Containing a General and Business Directory of These Places and Other Valuable Information, Including a Guide to the Streets of Newport News and Hampton, 1913-1914 Newport News is in direct water communication with Boston, Providence, New York, Philadelphia, and Balti more, by regular lines of steamers, and large quantities of manufactured goods are shipped to this port for the western market. Under a recent decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Newport News has become a Common Freight Center, thereby enjoying the same freight rate as Norfolk to and from the South via the railroads terminating in Norfolk. This virtually makes all these railroads ter minate in Newport News. The foreign trade of this port is very extensive and is steadily increasing. At present there are regular steam ship lines from Newport News to Christiania, Glasgow, London, Liverpool, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Leith, Antwerp, Havana and Vera Cruz. It was in 1888 the ground was first broken for the plant of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Com pany; to-day it has a shipbuilding plant that in efficiency and modern equipment is equal to any in the world. The shipyard represents an investment of over and covers nearly 120 acres of land, with a waterfront of half a mile. In its arrangement it is probably the finest Ship yard, as well as the largest, for every stage of the work, from the planning to its completion, is arranged in such a manner that it is absolutely progressive. Dry Dock No. 2, the largest dock on this continent and which can accommodate a ship of the size Of the lusi tania at ordinary light draft cost There is no Ship afloat too large to be docked at Newport News. Two first-class battleships, or two large merchant ships may be docked together in this basin. It is no unusual sight to see two Ships in Dock No. 1. And three or four in Dock no. 2, at the same time undergoing repairs. The texas, the first vessel of the United States Navy to carry 14 inch guns was built at the Newport News Ship yard. This giant dreadnought probably will be sent by the Navy Department to the Panama Exposition at San Francisco. One contract, alone, secured by this industry is for the giant battleship pennsylvania, contract price, This is the largest contract ever made with any American Shipyard for a single vessel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Twentieth Century Encyclop dia written by Charles Morris and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Newport News Hampton Phoebus and Old Point Va Directory 1917 Vol 21 written by Hill Directory Company Inc and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-18 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Newport News, Hampton, Phoebus and Old Point, Va., Directory, 1917, Vol. 21: Containing a General and Business Directory of These Places and Other Valuable Information, Including a Guide to the Streets of Newport News and Hampton Free lighterage and direct connections with seven trunk line railroads. Two miles of city-owned water front for industrial and shipping purposes. Eight steamship lines that maintain regular sailings to the world's principal ports. Soil in the surrounding country that raises two to three crops per year. The only harbor on the Atlantic coast especially constructed for small boats in the fish, oyster and truck trade. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Interviews and Conversations with 20th century Authors Writing in English written by Stan A. Vrana and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com.
Download or read book The Making of a City written by Jack Stodghill and published by First Edition Design Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-25 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE MAKING OF A CITY is about Newport News, Virginia during the four decades it was managed by one person, Joseph C. Biggins. It focuses on Biggins' major accomplishments, his undisputed dedication to 'his" City, and his love for hunting. Also covered is the City's continuing struggle to expand its boundaries in scale with exploding population growth and hostile neighbors. Jack Stodghill grew up in Georgia, served in the Occupation Army in Germany following the Second World War, attended and graduated from the University of Georgia where in 1950 he earned a degree in landscape architecture. After 10 years working as a consultant in the field of urban planning, he came to Newport News Virginia in 1961 where he established the city's first city comprehensive planning program and served as the city's director of city planning for the next 14 years. During this period he earned a master's degree in administration from George Washington University. In 1975 he established a private practice as an urban planning and management consultant (known today as PMA Architecture) where he continued to perform professional planning and management services for the next 35 years. He was active in his professional organizations, the American Planning Association (APA), and the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). In 2013 he was elected to the prestigious College of Fellows of the Institute. He was active in establishing a Virginia Chapter of APA and served as its first President 1978-1980. Stodghill self-published a biographical work in 2012 under the style "Rubber Bands and City Plans: Scenes from the life and work of Jack Stodghill." He continues to live in Newport News, Virginia. Keywords: J. C. Biggins, Newport News, Annexation, Consolidation, City Management, Warwick County, Regional Planning, Boomtown, Ducks, Golf Course
