A century ago, our local waters teemed with commercial vessels of all descriptions, which have vanished with the march of time. At top left, a schooner loaded with watermelons and other cargo on the Piankatank River, c. 1931. At right, the steamboat City of Richmond docked at Allmondsville, c. 1940s. Below, oyster boat Delvin K in York River, 1967, on the way to purchase juvenile seed oysters being thinned by the state. In bottom photo, the ferry Virginia, one of the vessels serving the Gloucester Point-Yorktown ferry route over York River, was put out of business by opening of the Coleman Bridge in 1952.
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