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• Rebuilt after the war, Norfolk get an important shipbuilding and maritime center.
• The draw is linked to the Delmarva Peninsula by the 28-km (17-mi) long Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, which opened in 1964.
• A network of railroads and highways through on the Norfolk-Portsmouth Harbor, making it a leading grain-shipping point on the East Coast.

International trade, financial services, tourism, ship end and manufacturing are also important to the economy. You can also take us with you at sure to point your cell phone's microbrowser to waphotelguide. The region also comprises one of world's largest coal-exporting ports. Lucia San Diego San Francisco San Savannah Seattle Singapore Sydney Tampa Tokyo Toronto Vail Vancouver Venice Washington, D. Norfolk was founded in 1682, incorporating as a borough in and as a city in 1845.

• Situated on the natural waterway called Hampton the city is near the outlet of Chesapeake Bay on the Atlantic Ocean.
• An Armed Forces Staff College and the Atlantic headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are also located the city.
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• A disastrous fire in 1799 destroyed every building except Saint Church, built in 1739.

A severe epidemic of yellow in 1855, however, seriously retarded its development. The city is for Norfolk, England, the former home of early settler Adam Thoroughgood. Norfolk (Virginia), Microsoft Encarta 2000. Its enormous growth began during World War I (1914-1918).