Manchester Industrial Historic District

Manchester Industrial Historic District is a historic site in Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia. Manchester Industrial Historic District is situated nearby to The Richmond Railroad Museum, as well as near Floodwall Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Virginia Holocaust Museum and Virginia State Capitol.

Virginia Holocaust Museum

Museum

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The Virginia Holocaust Museum is a public history museum located in Richmond, Virginia, United States, dedicated to interpreting the history of the Holocaust through survivor testimony, artifacts, and educational programming. Virginia Holocaust Museum is situated 3,600 feet northeast of Manchester Industrial Historic District.

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. Virginia State Capitol is situated 1 mile north of Manchester Industrial Historic District.

James River and Kanawha Canal

Canal

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manchester and Shockoe Slip.

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.

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

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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 Industrial Historic District

Type: Historic site
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.52558° or 37° 31′ 32″ north

Longitude

-77.43624° or 77° 26′ 11″ west

Open location code

8794GHG7+6G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1521093696

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=district

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Richmond Railroad Museum and Floodwall Park.

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