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- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ↑ Calder Loth, ed. (1999). The Virginia Landmarks Register: Chickahominy Shipyard Archeological Site (p. 239). ISBN 9780813918624.
