Drydock No. 1
United States historic place in Portsmouth (Independent City), Virginia. Built 1827. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Drydock Number One is the oldest operational drydock facility in the United States. Located in Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, it was put into service in 1834, and has been in service since then. Its history includes the refitting of USS Merrimack, which was modified to be the Confederate Navy ironclad CSS Virginia. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth (Independent City), VA |
| County | Portsmouth County |
| Listed | Feb 26, 1970 |
| Reference number | 70000862 |
| Built | 1827 |
| Type of place | dry dock |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, Virginia Historic Landmark, Historic Civil Engineering Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth (Independent City), VA |
| Coordinates | 36.82062, -76.29304 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Fort Monroe National Monument · 14 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Nearby in Portsmouth County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000862. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.