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The Virginia Port Authority (VPA) is an autonomous agency (political subdivision) of the Commonwealth of Virginia that owns The Port of Virginia, a group of facilities with their activity centered on the harbor of Hampton Roads, Virginia. The principal facilities of the Port of Virginia are four marine terminals, all on the harbor of Hampton Roads:
Newport News (/ ˌ n uː p ɔːr t-,-p ər t-/) [6] is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States.At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. [5] Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the fifth-most populous city in Virginia and 140th-most populous city in the United States.
Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation was the Army command structure and distributed port infrastructure in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia supporting the movement of personnel and cargo overseas. It had been activated as the Newport News Port of Embarkation in World War I, deactivated, then reactivated on 15 June 1942.
Since 2021, Jefferson Science Association has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Southeastern Universities Research Association. Until 1996 TJNAF was known as the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF); commonly, this name is still used for the main accelerator. Founded in 1984, Jefferson Lab employs more than 750 people, and more ...
In the 21st century, Lee Hall Depot (no longer in use) is the only surviving C&O structure of its type on the Lower Peninsula. It is the only survivor among five stations which were located in Warwick County, the others formerly located at Oriana, Oyster Point, Morrison, and Newport News. The historic 2-story depot was relocated 165 feet to the ...
Ferguson Enterprises. Ferguson Headquarters 3 located in City Center at Oyster Point in Newport News. Ferguson, LLC, headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, United States, is the largest U.S. distributor of plumbing supplies (under the brand name ProFlo), PVF, waterworks and fire and fabrication products. It is also a major distributor of HVAC ...
City Center at Oyster Point is a business district in the Oyster Point section of Newport News, Virginia. It is a 52-acre (210,000 m 2) high density mixed-use development that has 230,000 sq ft (21,000 m 2). of Retail Shops and Restaurants and 1,000,000 sq ft (100,000 m 2). of Class A office space. It is inspired by the maritime history of the ...
The PAC renamed the facility Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport in September 1990. A new terminal opened in late 1992. Until the 1990s, part of the original terminal building was named the Flight Services Building and was home to the local office of the National Weather Service (NWS). Weather reports and emergency alerts were ...