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1907. "Sidewheeler Queen Anne and president's yacht Mayflower (top) at Old Point Comfort, Virginia." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
has just passed over the future route of the Hampton Roads Bridge/Tunnel that now carries Interstate 64 under the navigation channel. It looks like a corner of the island known as the Rip Raps is visible at extreme left. This was the site of a gun emplacement called Fort Wool and now marks the southern portal to the highway tunnel. The modern-day Norfolk Naval Station is located to the south beyond the Mayflower.
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