Richmond times-dispatch. [volume], December 11, 1921, Image 82

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FIRST AMERICAN PORT IN EXPORTS
Hampton Roads Total Last Fiscal Year 12,232,458 Ton
Loading cigarette* m Nor
folk Municipal Terminal.
Hampton Koad* has shown
an increase of 1.000 per
cent. in leaf tobacco ex
port? In three year*, ex
port valuation in 1920 ex
ceeding any other port.
? Photo by Acme.
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mm
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s-jjSlfi
Vi.;w of switching and classification yard of Norfolk Municipal Union Terminal
Thi? terminal has trackage sufficient for storage of over 3,000 car*.
?Photo by Conway "
How tonnage I* handled from car* to ware
hou*e? at Norfolk Municipal Terminal.
There are eight of the*e ureal fireproof
warehouses. Insurance la as low
anywhere in the country
(X ?Photo by Conway
One of the high density cotton presses of Norfolk Warehouse Co
poration Hampton Koads it. rapidly coming to the fore as
^^^^^^^B^^^^^^cotton port, each yeai. showing substantial gair
?Photo by Acrr
1 he I h ; ( ?' Mies of ^ ? ?
cotton bales?country^^ N
bale nl toe left. high
density in the center, and ! ,V>'
standard at the right. It
is the high uenaity bale that S^.
i? exported.
- Photo by Ledger-Dispatch
anT r"Mon
-hip*. ,
" '"ovetj
?Vortull,
'"'folk y
Wm^
I'he lumber export and
transshipping business
of the Hampton Road*
port* is having a rapid
growth. Schooner* un
loading coastwise lum
ber at Norfolk. Hamp
ton Koad* is flr*t in
export* of popular lum
ber. and *econd in hard
woods.
? Photo by Conway.
Ship fueling facilities of Hampton Koad*
are unexcelled. Aeroplane view of fuel oil
terminal of Standard Oil Companv. No>.
folk. ?Photo by Kairchild. for
Virginia Pilot A?s'n
AI.CO--CSKAVURI:. INC.. Ni;W YORK. BALTIMORE. ST. UDU1S