A major research center of the U.S. Navy is located on the Potomac directly north of Blue Plains. NRL opened in 1923, adjacent to the Washington Navy Yard’s Bellevue Magazine, which it absorbed in 1962. The center includes 131 acres along the Potomac River
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A major research center of the U.S. Navy is located on the Potomac directly north of Blue Plains. NRL opened in 1923, adjacent to the Washington Navy Yard’s Bellevue Magazine, which it absorbed in 1962. The center includes 131 acres along the Potomac River