Brown's Island. Encircled by waterways that provided power and transportation to flour mills, foundries, and paper companies, Brown's island has been at the center of Richmond's industrial activities for more than years.
For years, the only river crossing for vehicles and pedestrians was Mayo's toll bridge, at 14th Street. The day after it opened, thousands crowded onto the Free Bridge to watch the Reverend John Jasper conduct a large group-baptism ceremony in the river. The bridge was replaced in by the Manchester Bridge, which includes a legally mandated free walkway.
From Colonial times, the waterpower of the James was used to grind wheat into flour. This became even more effective when millraces, like the waterway that ultimately became the Haxall Canal, were dug to divert water from the river for this purpose.
In the 19th century, when the city became one of the largest flower exporters in the world, fleets of schooners and brigs carried Richmond's flour to Brazil and around Cape Horn to San Francisco and Australia. Power plants have stood along the Haxall Canal for more than years. In , the success of the city's electric streetcar system, which connected its downtown and it's growing residential areas, led the Virginia Railway and Electric Company to build a new hydroelectric plant along the Haxall Canal.
The dramatic building still stands today. In , Richmond built the first commercially successful electric streetcar system in the world. Canals and the locks that raised boats from one water level to the next were considered among the greatest engineering feats of their time. Only two of Richmond's canal locks remain. The locks are visible from two spots along the Canal Walk. The old 13th Street bridge was built by Richard B.
Haxall and Lewis D. Crenshaw, proprietors of the Haxall-Crenshaw Mill, which once stood along the canal. In the vicinity of the bridge is an arch remaining from a lateral canal that extended into an auxiliary building of the flour mill. One of the largest mills in America, the Haxall-Crenshaw was surpassed only by the Gallego Mill, located a few blocks away. By the midth century, the city had become the largest tobacco producer in the world, with more than 50 factories, including chewing tobacco and cigar manufacturers, box makers, and label printers.
Many tobacco warehouses dating from the late 19th and early 20th century still stand. As the Confederates evacuated Richmond in , they deliberately torched bridges, warehouses, and arsenals to keep them from the Union army.
More than 1, buildings burned between 4th and 15th streets, from Main Street to the river. All the buildings in the Shockoe Warehouse district were destroyed. The devastation was so complete, residents afterward had trouble identifying their own streets.
In its peak years, the James River and Kanawha Canal employed 75 deck boats, 66 open boats, 54 batteaux, 6 passenger boats, horses, and men.
The passenger boats called "packets," ran between Richmond and Lynchburg. At night, the lower deck was divided into two sleeping compartments, one for men and one for women - but some passengers chose to remain above and contemplate the stars. Richmond's original Great Basin stood between 8th and 11th, and Cary and Canal Streets, and was connected by a series of locks to the Richmond dock.
In , a new turning basin for the restored canal was constructed between Virginia and 14th Streets. This new location is currently where Riverfront Canal Cruises starts boat tours.
Bridges and ferry launches have stood at 14th Street since Richmond's earliest days. The city's first bridge across the James River, a toll bridge named after its owner, John Mayo was completed in In , Mayo's bridge was burned by the Confederate army as it evacuated the city. Shockoe is Richmond's oldest neighborhood. In the late 17th century, tobacco, furs, rum, and enslaved Africans were traded in the Shockoe area.
In , the town was no more than a fifth of a mile square, with merchants, laborers, fishermen, and boatsman. The centre has a wide selection of almost stores and thousands of the best local and international brands to choose from. Visit Canal Walk for the best fashion, retail, leisure and entertainment for the whole family, all under one roof. These eateries vary across cuisines and there are both Halaal and vegetarian options.
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