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Tag: Magazine and Ordnance Wharf (City Point VA)

Williss, Historical Base Maps. Appomattox Manor – City Point says: After an explosion at the Ordnance Wharf, a new ordnance and magazine wharf was built some 400 feet out in the James River, connected to the shore by a long pier. The wharf itself measured 29,885 square feet with 218 feet of waterfront. In 1865 the wharf was valued at $17,034.45.

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