Confederate Powder Works-GHM 121-20-Richmond Co
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Sprinterman
N 33° 29.005 W 081° 59.419
17S E 407994 N 3705319
Broad Street at the Augusta Canal, Augusta
Waymark Code: WM7AB8
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/26/2009
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Obelisk chimney one-third mile (from here) marks center of Confederate Powder Works which extended two miles along the river and was the principal powder factory in the South during the War. It supplied Confederate armies with abundant gunpowder of the highest quality then made, and was said to be the second largest powder factory then in the world, manufacturing a total of 2,750,000 pounds during the three years that it operated. Erected by Colonel George W. Rains for the Confederate Government shortly after the outbreak of the War and operated by him until April 18, 1865.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 121-20
Date: 1956
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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