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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17I5_belle-isle-hydro-plant_Richmond-VA.html
In front of you are the remains of a hydroelectric power plant. It powered the trolley system on the south of the river and the steel company at the east end of the island.
To your left and up are the remains of the Transformer Building. Here t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17I4_belle-isle-rolling-milling-and-slitting-manufactory_Richmond-VA.html
Through the arched doorway mules pulled carts of scrap iron from England. Water powered the machinery. European immigrants and black slaves provided the labor. The nails, wire and horseshoes were famous throughput the South.Sign donated by St. Cat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17I2_ironworks-oil-house_Richmond-VA.html
This stone storage shed was built to hold flammable lubricants and dangerous acids. The hand-cut stone likely was quarried here on Belle Isle. The shed served the Old Dominion Iron and Nail Company, which expanded from this area eastward, behind y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17I1_the-power-of-moving-water_Richmond-VA.html
The ancient river bank is the top of the hill before you. Floodwaters have slowly carved out the valley of the James. The Hollywood Cemetery is now 80 feet above the River.
The rocks in front of you have a dome-topped, curvy, turtle shell appea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17I0_cannon-over-the-camp_Richmond-VA.html
The Belle Isle prisoner-of-war camp that stood before you here was a prison without walls. Federal soldiers were confined by the James River and by the low earthen "dead line," such as the one replicated in front of you, surrounding the camp. Abou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17HX_historic-belle-isle_Richmond-VA.html
Early HistoryBelle Isle, at 54 acres, is the largest island in the James River at Richmond, and also one of the most historic sites in the city. Virginia's native tribes, including the Powhatans, fished in the river here for thousands of years bef…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17HV_belle-isle-prison-camp-monument_Richmond-VA.html
During the Civil War over 1,000 Union soldiers perished in the 6 acre prison site before you. Of those who survived, in bothe Northern and Southern camps, many were exchanged in such wretched condition that they were often unfit to return to duty.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17HU_civil-war-pow-camp_Richmond-VA.html
You are looking at the nationally significant site of the notorious Belle Isle prisoner-of-war camp where during the Civil War thousands of captured U.S. soldiers were confined.
After the war began in 1861, military prisoners jammed Richmond's …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML90_frederick-william-sievers_Richmond-VA.html
Sievers, 1872-1966, one of the South's most prolific sculptors, maintained his residence and studio at what is now 1206 W. 43rd Street for more than one half century. Although best known for his Virginia monument at Gettysburg and the memorials to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ7R_forest-hill-park_Richmond-VA.html
This 105-acre site was part of William Byrd III's vast 1700s holdings along the James River. In 1836, Holden Rhodes (1799-1857), noted jurist and early president of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Company, purchased the property, named it Bos…