Existing comment:
New Turning Basin:
Canal barges narrow enough to fit through the canal and its locks were often up to 100 feet long, carrying 25 to 100 tons of cargo.
The narrowness of Richmond's canals meant that the only places for the long barges and passenger boats to turn around were specially constructed turning basins such as this one. Richmond's original Great Basin stood between 8th and 11th, and Cary and Canal Streets. |