William & Owen Forge -- Tannehill Ironworks State Park, McCalla AL
N 33° 14.876 W 087° 04.068
16S E 493684 N 3678776
A sign with some nearly-forgotten Civil War history stands at the site of the William & Owen Forge at Tannehill Ironworks State Park, McCalla AL
Waymark Code: WMWEZZ
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 08/25/2017
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This sign of history created by the United daughters of the Confederacy preserves the history of an 1861 forge that operated a mile east of this point from 1861-1866, when it was swept away by a flood. Some parts of the old forge are still visible.
The sign reads as follows:
"WILLIAM & OWENS FORGE
1861
Thomas Hennington Bowen, farmer, merchant and County Commissioner living on Eastern Valley Road, operated a forge one mile east of here on Roupes Creek below a wide shoals, with partner Thomas Lightfoot Williams. Castings, including hardware and more materials, were sent to the Confederate quartermaster in Selma both by wagon and rail. It escaped detection during the federal raid on the larger Tannehill furnaces March 31, 1865. Destroyed by a flood in June 1866, some parts of the old forge are still visible.
DEDICATED MAY 2014 BY THE PELHAM CHAPTER #67
UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY"
Date Installed or Dedicated: 05/15/2014
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: United Daughters of the Confederacy
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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