Aerials of the Huguenot Bridge over the James River in Richmond Route 147 (Photo by Trevor Wrayton, VDOT)

Dutch Gap Canal. Channel depths and improvements 1892. The canal as dug during the war was to shallow and closed soon after the civil war by a causeway across the upper entrance. This was washed out by the freshet of 1870, about the time when the first appropriation by Congress became available. Per H.D Whitcomb ASCE 1893.

Aerials of the Huguenot Bridge over the James River in Richmond Route 147 (Photo by Trevor Wrayton, VDOT)

Richmond Photography Collective - Belle Isle

Aerials of the Huguenot Bridge over the James River in Richmond Route 147 (Photo by Trevor Wrayton, VDOT)

Look at the rewards of our hard work - the pile of invasives we removed was HUGE and opened up the view to the River