James River and Kanawha Canal
The James River and Kanawha Canal was a partially built canal in Virginia intended to facilitate shipments of passengers and freight by water between the western counties of Virginia and the coast.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Triple Crossing and Richmond Main Street Station.
Triple Crossing
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Triple Crossing in Richmond, Virginia, is one of two places in North America where three railroad lines cross at different levels at the same spot, the other being the BNSF operated Santa Fe Junction in Kansas City.
Richmond Main Street Station
Railway station
Photo: Onemoregain, CC BY 3.0.
Richmond Main Street Station, officially the Main Street Station and Trainshed, is a historic railroad station and office building in Richmond, Virginia.
Virginia State Capitol
Government office
Photo: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0.
The Virginia State Capitol is the seat of state government of the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in Richmond, the state capital. It houses the oldest elected legislative body in North America, the Virginia General Assembly, first established as the House of Burgesses in 1619.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shockoe Slip and Richmond.
Shockoe Slip
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Shockoe Slip is a district in the downtown area of Richmond, Virginia. The name "slip" referred to a narrow passageway leading from Main Street to where goods were loaded and unloaded from the former James River and Kanawha Canal.
Richmond
Photo: jeff horne, CC BY 2.0.
Richmond is the capital of Virginia. Richmond has a population of 227,000 and the adjacent counties of Henrico and Chesterfield combine to create a local population of more than 1.3 million people.
Shockoe Bottom
Neighborhood
Shockoe Bottom, historically known as Shockoe Valley, is an area in Richmond, Virginia, just east of downtown, along the James River. Located between Shockoe Hill and Church Hill, Shockoe Bottom contains much of the land included in Colonel William Mayo's 1737 plan of Richmond, making it one of the city's oldest neighborhoods.
James River and Kanawha Canal
- Type: Canal
- Description: canal in Virginia, United States of America
- Categories: historic district and body of water
- Location: Henrico, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.5327° or 37° 31′ 58″ northLongitude
-77.43253° or 77° 25′ 57″ westElevation
118 feet (36 metres)Open location code
8794GHM8+3XOpenStreetMap ID
way 120865532OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=canalGeoNames ID
4766503Wikidata ID
Q2936081
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“James River and Kanawha Canal” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “James River and Kanawha Canal”
- Dutch: “James River and Kanawha Canal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر جيمس وقناة كناوه”
- French: “Canal de James River”
- French: “Canal de Kanawha River”
- French: “canal des rivières James et Kanawha”
- French: “Canal des rivières James et Kanawha”
- French: “James River and Kanawha Canal”
- French: “James River Canal”
- French: “Kanawha Canal”
- French: “Kanawha River Canal”
- Italian: “Canale dei fiumi James e Kanawha”
- Japanese: “ジェームス・リバー・アンド・カナワ運河”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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