BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Richmond -- River Walk

VA -- Richmond -- River Walk:

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1. RIVERW_160812_050.JPG: Richmond dike system
2. RIVERW_160812_068.JPG: Retention Basin Park
3. RIVERW_160812_083.JPG: Retention Basin Park ... You are standing in a 12 acre shallow basin. The floodwall behind you and the edge of I-95 ahead, and to your left make up the easy-to-see boundaries. During a very heavy rain storm this area is designed to flood. Runoff from the streets of Manchester and other parts of south Richmond pond up here, if the piping to the treatment plant is overwhelmed... or if the gates to the floodwall are closed due to a flood.
4. RIVERW_160812_105.JPG: Diversity Park This site is dedicated to diversity in all of its forms and represents acceptance and inclusion of individuals and groups across international boundaries and political divides. It is a living monument constructed and maintained by the cooperative effort of students, businesses, governmental bodies and a broad array of other community volunteers. This site is a "sister" site to "Diversity Park" in Mostar Bosina-Herzegovinia, established by bridging boundaries international in July 2007. Established October 11, 2007 by Bridging Boundaries International upon land provided by the City of Richmond.
5. RIVERW_160812_109.JPG: Manchester Canal The still water in front of you once flowed freely to the right. It once spun the water wheels and turbines of several paper companies (like the one to your left), ...grist mills (where the grain elevator is now to your right) ...and an electric generating station (the remains of which are also to your right.) Today it is home to turtles, ducks and muskrats. The canal was dug by black African slaves ans white Irish immigrants. Water came into the canal at the Manchester Dam (� mile to your left along the Floodwall Walk) and once returned to the river at a point now just below the I-95 bridge (you can see it along the Slave Trail)but now ends about � mile to your right along the Floodwall Walk where the power lines cross the river. Pictured above is the Dunlop Mills building. It was located across the street from where you are standing. Through the 1800s industries in Manchester drew water power from the canal. In the 1700's the land around you was a grassy field called the Manchester Green. It was a periodic gathering place for farmers to trade livestock and had a ferry service of row boats and rafts to access the tiny town of Richmond across the river. It is interesting to note that the land along the canal to your left is once again in public ownership-and is intended to become a public park.
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2016 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Seven relatively short trips this year: two Civil War Trust conference (Gettysburg, PA and West Point, NY, with a side-trip to New York City), my 11th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including sites in Utah, Nevada, and California), a quick trip to Michigan for Uncle Wayne's funeral, two additional trips to New York City, and a Civil Rights site trip to Alabama during the November elections. Being in places where people died to preserve the rights of minority voters made the Trumputin election even more depressing. Number of photos taken this year: just over 610,000.
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