Bosher Dam
Bosher's Dam is a historic low head dam built upon the James River just west of Richmond, Virginia. It is a 12-foot-high stone structure which interrupts the natural flow of Virginia's largest self-contained river by spanning the waterway between suburban Tuckahoe in Henrico County and the western part of Richmond just west of the Edward E.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Henrico County, Virginia
- Also known as: “Bosher’s Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cinébistro at Stony Point and Fisher Park.
Cinébistro at Stony Point
Movie theater
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Cinébistro at Stony Point is a movie theater, which is situated 3,400 feet south of Bosher Dam.
Stony Point Fashion Park
Commercial area
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Stony Point Fashion Park is an outdoor shopping center in Richmond, Virginia. The center currently maintains more than 30 Richmond-based businesses, with anchor tenants Dillard's and Saks Fifth Avenue. Stony Point Fashion Park is situated 3,900 feet south of Bosher Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huguenot Farms and Twin Valley Farms.
Huguenot Farms
Neighborhood
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Huguenot Farms is an unincorporated community in the city of Richmond, in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Bosher Dam
- Category: gravity dam
- Location: Henrico, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Bosher Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bosher Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos, lat 37,56, long -77,58)”
- Cebuano: “Bosher Dam”
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Localities in the Area
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