Venice Island (Pennsylvania)
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Venice Island is a piece of land formed by the Schuylkill Canal
and the Schuylkill River
, near Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
. A mill site in the 19th century, it has recently been the site of somewhat controversial urban development in a flood plain.
Location: 40°01′49"N 75°14′02"W
Schuylkill Canal
Schuylkill Canal is the common, but technically inaccurate, name for the Schuylkill Navigation, a 19th-century commercial waterway in and along the Schuylkill River in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The "canal" was actually a system of interconnected man-made canals and slack-water pools in the...
and the Schuylkill River
Schuylkill River
The Schuylkill River is a river in Pennsylvania. It is a designated Pennsylvania Scenic River.The river is about long. Its watershed of about lies entirely within the state of Pennsylvania. The source of its eastern branch is in the Appalachian Mountains at Tuscarora Springs, near Tamaqua in...
, near Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Manayunk is a neighborhood in the northwestern section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. Located on the banks of the Schuylkill River, it contains the first canal begun in the United States . The area's name comes from the language of the Lenape Indians...
. A mill site in the 19th century, it has recently been the site of somewhat controversial urban development in a flood plain.
Location: 40°01′49"N 75°14′02"W