Manchester Canal
Manchester Canal is a canal in Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia. Manchester Canal is situated nearby to Walker’s Creek Retention Basin Park, as well as near the scenic viewpoint Floodwall Overlook.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Virginia Holocaust Museum and Libby Prison.
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. Virginia Holocaust Museum is situated 2,700 feet northeast of Manchester Canal.
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. Libby Prison is situated 2,500 feet northeast of Manchester Canal.
Edgar Allan Poe Museum
Museum
Photo: Albrecht Conz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Poe Museum or the Edgar Allan Poe Museum, is a museum located in the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia, United States, dedicated to American writer Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe Museum is situated 3,000 feet northeast of Manchester Canal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shockoe Bottom and Shockoe Slip.
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.
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.
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.
Manchester Canal
- Type: Canal
- Category: body of water
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.52583° or 37° 31′ 33″ northLongitude
-77.4328° or 77° 25′ 58″ westOpen location code
8794GHG8+8VOpenStreetMap ID
way 1469011519OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=canal
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Satellite Map
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Walker’s Creek Retention Basin Park and Floodwall Overlook.
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