Lamberts Point

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Harry,

 

Both of your references to “Hampton Blvd” should be to “Admiral Taussig Blvd.”  Much of the Virginian mainline along Admiral Taussig Blvd (I-564) still exists and can be seen on Bing maps, but truncates on the Northwest end just before the NAS Norfolk runway, and turns (on new trackage) Westward to service the Norfolk International Terminal.  

 

The large tract of land between the runway and Hampton Blvd was Virginian yard servicing the two piers.  I wouldn’t doubt for a moment that a landing gear was found in that yard, and if general history of land that close to the end of a runway is any indication, finding airplane parts there was probably routine, albeit typically smaller and less significant than a landing gear.  

 

Joseph Brandon

Norfolk, VA

 

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That photo was looking Eastward, just North of the approach to Naval Air Station (NAS) Norfolk runway 10 direction of runway 10-28.  

 

Can't say which runway it was, but it ended at a fence paralleling Hampton Blvd.  The

Virginian main line also paralleled Hampton Blvd.  Inbound, the crew of a coal train

discovered a plane's landing gear lying in a load of coal waiting to be classified.

                                                                                           Harry Bundy 

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