Confederate Powder Works State Historical Marker
Located on Broad St. at the Augusta Canal,
Augusta, Ga.
(text)
CONFEDERATE POWDER
WORKS
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.
121-20 GEORGIA
HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956
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© Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia
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