Mayo Island

Mayo Island is in Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia. Mayo Island is situated nearby to the forest Vauxhall Island, as well as near the scenic viewpoint Floodwall Overlook.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Virginia Holocaust Museum and Triple Crossing.

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 2,100 feet east of Mayo Island.

Triple Crossing

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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. Triple Crossing is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Mayo Island.

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 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

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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

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.

Mayo Island

Type: Industry
Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.5292° or 37° 31′ 45″ north

Longitude

-77.43293° or 77° 25′ 59″ west

Named after

William Mayo

Open location code

8794GHH8+MR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 200859659

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

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