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Alexandria, VA

<p>Alexandria Circa 1930 - Can you find your house? Look for landmarks. See if you can see the shipbuilding facility, the Torpedo Factory. Is that Telegraph Road and King Street? or Duke Street? What happened to the railroad lines?</p> <p>Source: Alexandria Library, Lloyd House; VF Bird's Eye View</p>
<p>Alexandria Circa 1930 - Look for landmarks. Can you find the Masonic Temple? How about Ford's Automotive Plant? Where is the Torpedo Factory? Is that Telegraph Road/Duke Street Interchange under construction? Where do the rail lines end?</p>
<p>The apartments were here first! The Hunting Towers and Hunting Terrace, that is. The large fishing marina appears to have had an adjacent swimming pool. The pier was on two sides of the point where Cameron Run fed into the Potomac River. The overgrowth of trees in Jones Point Park covered the shipbuilding of the 1920s and 1930s activity, as well.</p> <p>Source: Alexandria Library, Lloyd House; VF Waterfront photo purchased from Aerilists's Proofs Balston Commons</p>
<p>Looking toward Woodrow Wilson Bridge. Guess the year. It must be after 1961. Is this Oronoco Bay/Oronoco Park?</p> <p>Source: Alexandria Library, Lloyd House; VF Waterfront</p>