The Cannonball

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The two PRR vessels were named Virginia Lee and Elisha Lee.  Elisha Lee was
reduced to a fishing barge then scrapped, but Virginia Lee  was rebuilt into
a car ferry and finished its time as CBFC Accomac between Little Creek and
Kiptopeake.  The original ship's bell remained with Virginia Lee embossed.
After the completion of the bridge tunnel, Accomac was stored in Norfolk
when she caught fire and burned to the waterline.  Would have loved to have
the bell.
                        Don Corbin
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> Don Corbin wrote:  "But I always thought the sleeper was floated across
> from Cape Charles to Little Creek..."
>
> Passenger cars didn't float across the bay after about 1890 or so. The
> attempts to carry them were short lived as it was found to be
> impractical ...
>
> The famous NYP&NRR steamboats carried passengers from Cape Charles to
> Old Point Comfort and Port Norfolk (near Pinners Point) and later to the
> Combined PRR/C&O station on Brooke Avenue.
>
> Jim McDaniel, Delmarva Correspondent
>
>
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