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Fort Belvoir (/ ˈ b ɛ l v w ɑːr / BEL-vwar) is a United States Army installation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.It was developed on the site of the former Belvoir plantation, seat of the prominent Fairfax family for whom Fairfax County was named.
Delivery of 75 hp Baldwin gas locomotives at Belvoir Dock [2] Beginning in the first half of 1918, a 20 miles (32 km) long narrow gauge line was built there. [1] 15 miles (24 km) of track ran between the pier at the Potomac River and Camp Humphreys. [3] The light rails of a narrow-gauge railway could be laid quickly and, if necessary, quickly ...
Davison Army Airfield or Davison AAF (IATA: DAA, ICAO: KDAA, FAA LID: DAA) is a military use airport serving Fort Belvoir, in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. [2] The airfield is located 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Washington, D.C. It was named for noted World War II aviation engineer Brig. Gen. Donald Angus Davison. [3]
The south end of SR 286 begins at an intersection with US 1 at Accotink and heads northwest through Fort Belvoir, leaving the fort at a diamond interchange with Telegraph Road , crossing I-95 at a full cloverleaf (exit 166), crossing over Fullerton Road, passing through interchanges with Boudinot Drive and Barta Road, and turning west through ...
Fort Belvoir is spread over several locations, but the main base is in Fairfax County, Virginia and occupies the former "Belvoir" estate of William Fairfax. The post is bisected by US Route 1 ("Richmond Highway"): the area of Ft. Belvoir between US Route 1 and the Potomac River is the "South Post", while the area between US Route 1 and ...
Belvoir was the plantation and estate of colonial Virginia's prominent William Fairfax family. Operated with the forced labor of enslaved people , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] it was located on the west bank of the Potomac River on the present site of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia .
5 Maps. 6 References. 7 External links. Toggle the table of contents ... Accotink Creek then flows southeast to meet the Potomac River in Accotink Bay at Fort Belvoir ...
The Army Geospatial Center (AGC) [2] (formerly Topographic Engineering Center (TEC)) is a Major Subordinate Command of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. [3] It is located in Alexandria, Virginia, within the Humphreys Engineering Center adjacent to the Fort Belvoir military reservation.