Williams Island Dam
Williams Island Dam is located on the James River in the independent city of Richmond, Virginia. Just below the dam, seven miles of rapids mark the descent of the river downstream through the geological Fall Line region to the navigable tidal portion below Richmond, which extends southeast to Hampton Roads.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Agecroft Hall and Wilton House Museum.
Agecroft Hall
Historic building
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Agecroft Hall is a Tudor manor house and estate located at 4305 Sulgrave Road on the James River in the Windsor Farms neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia, United States. Agecroft Hall is situated 1,900 feet southeast of Williams Island Dam.
Wilton House Museum
Museum
Wilton House Museum is a museum in a historic house located in Richmond, Virginia. Wilton was constructed c. 1753 by William Randolph III, son of William Randolph II, of Turkey Island. Wilton House Museum is situated 3,600 feet northwest of Williams Island Dam.
Virginia House
House
Virginia House is a manor house on a hillside overlooking the James River in the Windsor Farms neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia, United States. The house was constructed from the materials of the 16th-century Priory House, Warwick in Warwickshire, England, and shipped over and reassembled, completed several months before the stock market crash of 1929. Virginia House is situated 2,300 feet southeast of Williams Island Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Windsor Farms and Fairway Acres.
Windsor Farms
Neighborhood
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Windsor Farms is a 20th-century neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia, of primarily Colonial Revival design. Designed in 1926, Windsor Farms is one of Richmond's earliest planned neighborhoods, modeled after an English village, with winding streets and English-inspired names like Dover, Canterbury, Berkshire, and so on.
Fairway Acres
Neighborhood
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Fairway Acres is an unincorporated community in the City of Richmond in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Willow Oaks
Neighborhood
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Richmond is the capital city of the U.S. state of Virginia. Incorporated in 1742, Richmond has been an independent city since 1871. It is the fourth-most populous city in Virginia, with a population of 226,610 at the 2020 census.
Williams Island Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Virginia, United States of America, United States of America
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Williams Island Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Williams Island Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد جزيرة ويليامز”
- Italian: “diga di Williams Island”
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Nearby Places
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