The Waterfront, Norwich The Waterfront, Norwich The Waterfront is a live music venue/nightclub in Norwich, Norfolk. It is in King Street, on the bank of the River Wensum, opposite Norwich Riverside. It has been managed by the Union of UEA Students since 1993. It is not however a student club, and entrance is open to the public. The building comprises two floors. The ground floor contains a 700 capacity main room with integral bar, dressing rooms and toilets. The first floor features a 200 capacity room, a café bar and an open plan office. The club nights follow similar patterns month on month.
USS Norwich (1861) USS Norwich (1861) USS "Norwich", a wooden, screw steamer built at Norwich, Connecticut in 1861, was purchased by the Union Navy at New York City 26 September 1861 from J. M. Huntington & Co.; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard 28 December 1861, Lieutenant James M. Duncan in command. "Norwich" got underway 2 January 1862 for Port Royal, South Carolina where she joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. She was stationed off Savannah, Georgia and blockaded that important port during the following two months. On 10 March 1863, she and escorted troop transports up St. Johns River and