Behind the constant chug of coal trains, Norfolk Southern’s terminal at Lambert’s Point fronts a large stretch of the Elizabeth River.
Pam Boatwright first visited about 20 years ago and remembers it was in rough shape.
“It was like an old sunken ship vessel; it had some remnant pilings sticking up from the failed bulkhead,” said Boatwright, deputy director of the Elizabeth River Project and manager of its River Star Businesses program. “You could see active erosion.”…