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The James at Percival's Island Riverwalk in Lynchburg, Virginia. The James River is a river in Virginia that begins in the Appalachian Mountains and flows from the confluence of the Cowpasture and Jackson Rivers in Botetourt County 348 miles (560 km) [3] to the Chesapeake Bay. [4]
James River James drainage basin. ... (North Carolina–Virginia) Little River (North River tributary) ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of Virginia (1974)
In 1990 the Varina-Enon Bridge that carries Interstate 295 (Virginia) across the James River opened just east of Rochedale. Kingsland (owned by Christopher Branch at Henricus) Spring Hill is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, double-pile, side-hall, wood-frame plantation house. The house is clad with beaded clapboards and rests upon a brick foundation laid ...
The James River Gorge is a water gap created by the James River in Central Virginia.The Gorge is 2,433 feet (742 m) [1] deep as measured from Highcock Knob 3,073 feet (937 m) [1] to the James River 640 feet (200 m) [1] and is approximately 9.3 miles (15.0 km) [2] long.
Wooden bridge to privately-owned island crosses a side-channel of the James River. The main shipping channel lies to the south in the Aiken Swamp-Dutch Gap Cutoff: Cox's Ferry: SR 615 (Coxendale Road) at Osborne's Landing Cox's Landing: Abandoned Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge: SR 895: Bensley to northwest of Varina: 2002 37°26′31″N 77 ...
The county operates the Dutch Gap Conservation Area and Boat Landing and as well as a living history museum, the Henricus Historical Park. Originally, Farrar's Island was formed by a meander loop in the James River and lay on the east side of the James River. At its smallest point, the neck of the peninsula was less than 400 feet (120 metres) wide.
The James River and Kanawha Canal Company was authorized in 1876 to build the Buchanan and Clifton Forge Railway to connect the westernmost point of the canal with the C&O. The Virginia General Assembly, in 1878, gave the James River and Kanawha Company the right to contract with the Buchanan and Clifton Forge Railroad for Convict Labor. [3]
This category lists independent cities (as well as towns, municipalities, and urban-like settlements) that formed along the James River. See also: Category:Counties on the James River (Virginia) Subcategories