Byrd Park Canal Dam

Byrd Park Canal Dam is a dam in Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia. Byrd Park Canal Dam is situated nearby to the building New Pump House, as well as near the theater building Dogwood Dell.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New Pump House and Dogwood Dell.

New Pump House

Building

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The New Pump House, also known as the Byrd Park Pump House, is a historic pumping station that served the city of Richmond, Virginia from 1883 to 1924.

Dogwood Dell

Theater building

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Dogwood Dell is a theater building, which is situated 1,800 feet northeast of Byrd Park Canal Dam.

Maymont is a 100-acre Victorian estate and public park in Richmond, Virginia. It contains Maymont Mansion, now a historic house museum, an arboretum, an Italian and Japanese garden, a carriage collection, native wildlife exhibits, a nature center, and a petting zoo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carillon and Forest Hill Historic District.

Carillon

Neighborhood

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Carillon is a neighborhood in the West End of Richmond that is situated in between Virginia State Route 146 and 161. Adjacent to Maymont and Byrd Park, the middle-class neighborhood is home to the Dogwood Dell Amphitheater.

Forest Hill Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

The Forest Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at Richmond, Virginia. The district encompasses 1,106 contributing buildings and 5 contributing structures located south of downtown Richmond.

Granite

Neighborhood

Granite was an unincorporated community in Chesterfield County, Virginia. It was originally located along the Richmond and Danville Railroad five miles west of Manchester and about a mile south of the rapids of the James River along Powhite Creek.

Byrd Park Canal Dam

Type: Dam
Description: dam in the United States of America
Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.53681° or 37° 32′ 13″ north

Longitude

-77.48637° or 77° 29′ 11″ west

Elevation

98 feet (30 metres)

Open location code

8794GGP7+PF

GeoNames ID

4750285

Wikidata ID

Q48982064

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In Other Languages

“Byrd Park Canal Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Byrd Park Canal Dam”

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