Mayos Island
Mayos Island is an island in Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia. Mayos Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Shockoe Slip, as well as near Shockoe Bottom.Places of Interest
Highlights include Triple Crossing and Virginia Holocaust Museum.
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.
Virginia Holocaust Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Virginia Holocaust Museum is a public history museum located in Richmond, Virginia, United States. The museum is dedicated to depicting the Holocaust through the personal stories of its victims.
Libby Prison
Archaeological site
Photo: Alexander Gardner (photographer), Public domain.
Libby Prison was a Confederate prison at Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. In 1862 it was designated to hold officer prisoners from the Union Army, taking in numbers from the nearby Seven Days Battles and other conflicts of the Union's Peninsular campaign to take Richmond and end the war only a year after it had begun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shockoe Slip and Shockoe Bottom.
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.
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.
Manchester
Quarter
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Manchester is a former independent city in Virginia in the United States. Prior to receiving independent status, it served as the county seat of Chesterfield County, between 1870 and 1876.
Mayos Island
- Type: Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Mayos Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mayos Island”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mayos Bridge and Hull Street Station.
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