Main Dock

MAIN DOCK, Old Point Comfort, Virginia, seen from Hotel Chamberlin - Originally built in 1862 for the land- ing of the Army of the Potomac when Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan tried to capture Richmond by advancing up the Virginia Peninsula. The island in left background is Fort Wool, which, with Fort Monroe, controlled the channel into Hampton Roads. Color Photograph by Walter H. Miller 2537 Published by Walter H. Miller, Williamsburg, Virginia HERE