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    Aquia Creek ( /ɑːˈkwaɪə/) is a 27.6-mile-long (44.4 km) tributary of the tidal segment of the Potomac River and is located in Northern Virginia. The creek's...
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    Aquia Creek sandstone is a brown to light-gray freestone used extensively in building construction in Washington, D.C. in the late 18th and early 19th...
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    The Battle of Aquia Creek was an exchange of cannon fire between Union Navy gunboats and Confederate shore batteries on the Potomac River at its confluence...
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    Aquia Harbour is a census-designated place (CDP) in Stafford County, Virginia, United States, 13 miles (21 km) north of Fredericksburg. The population...
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  • Aquia ( /ɑːˈkwaɪə/) is an unincorporated community in Stafford County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is named for Aquia Creek, which leads to the...
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  • Aquia may refer to: Aquia (video game) Aquia, Virginia Aquia District, Peru Aquia Creek Battle of Aquia Creek Aquia Creek sandstone Aquia Formation, a...
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    Battle of Aquia Creek took place in the Aquia Harbour area. Both the Union Army and Confederate Army struggled to control the strategic Potomac Creek Bridge...
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    stratigraphic unit was created during the Paleocene. The Aquia formation was named for Aquia Creek where it is exposed in cliff faces along the banks. When...
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    Government Island in Stafford County, Virginia is the principal source of Aquia Creek sandstone, a building stone used in many of the early government buildings...
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    legislature. Constructed between 1792 and 1800, its exterior walls are Aquia Creek sandstone painted white. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in...
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    the first tasks was to restore the 13-mile stretch of railroad from Aquia Creek to Falmouth that was destroyed by the retreating Confederate Army. In...
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    Ward's ships silenced Confederate shore batteries at Aquia Creek, Virginia during the Battle of Aquia Creek. On June 27, at the Battle of Mathias Point, Ward...
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    County: Battle of Aquia Creek Warren County: Battle of Front Royal Battle of Manassas Gap Battle of Guard Hill Battle of Cedar Creek Battles of the American...
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    L'Enfant secured the lease of quarries at Wigginton Island and along Aquia Creek in Virginia for use in the foundations and outer walls of the Capitol...
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    on January 23, 1837, and the rest of the way to the Potomac River at Aquia Creek on September 30, 1842. Steamboat service to Washington, D.C., and the...
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    Railroad. Bell Plains and Potomac Creek fell by the wayside when the railroad bypassed them, reaching Aquia Landing on Aquia Creek as its terminus wharf in 1842...
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  • Machodoc Creek Nomini Creek Popes Creek Mattox Creek Rosier Creek Upper Machodoc Creek Potomac Creek Accokeek Creek Aquia Creek Chopawamsic Creek Quantico...
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    in Virginia to retain a name related to the Powhatan people is Powhatan Creek, located in James City County near Williamsburg. Powhatan County and its...
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    trimmed with Indiana limestone, and the interior is made of limestone and Aquia Creek sandstone. The design evokes characteristics of an English church of...
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    of quarries at Wigginton Island and southeast along Aquia Creek to supply well-regarded Aquia Creek sandstone for the foundation of the Congress House...
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    further southeast along Aquia Creek off the lower Potomac River's southern bank in Virginia to supply well-regarded "Aquia Creek sandstone" for the foundation...
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  • at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, captured on the Potomac River between Aquia Creek and Washington, D.C., by the Army on April 21, 1861, turned over to the...
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    caught a 7.9 kg (17 lb 6 oz) northern snakehead from the junction of Aquia Creek and the Potomac River, United States, beating the previous World Record...
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  • Rivers' Aquia Creek is the Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve and the Aquia Landing Park. The ZIP Code for Brooke is 22430. The nearby Potomac Creek, 44ST2...
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    (2012) [2009]. "REDOUBT No. 2 / Fort No Name, WORKS AT AQUIA CREEK, VA.: Federal Defenses of Aquia Creek Landing, Stafford County, Virginia" (PDF). historyarchives...
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    Confederate States Navy on 10 June 1861. He commanded naval batteries at Aquia Creek, Virginia, during their shelling by Union gunboats in May 1861; was in...
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    the United States Army, until captured by the Confederates at nearby Aquia Creek, Virginia in May 1861, when she became a part of the Virginia Navy. In...
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    Tributaries of these sources include Sligo Creek, Paint Branch, Little Paint Branch, Indian Creek, Upper Beaverdam Creek, Dueling Branch, and Brier's Mill Run...
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  • Confederate batteries at the confluence of the Potomac River and Aquia Creek in the Battle of Aquia Creek on May 29 and 30 and June 1, 1861, to little effect. The...
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    feature for its time. The house is well built of brick trimmed with Aquia Creek sandstone. The lot is triangular and fenced in by a high brick wall....
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