- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Confederate Powder Works
- Creator:
- Ralph Daniel
- Date of Original:
- 2013-05-08
- Subject:
- Chimneys--Georgia--Augusta
Canals--Georgia--Augusta
Factories--Georgia--Augusta
Augusta Canal (Ga.)
Gunpowder industry--Georgia--Augusta
Buildings--Georgia--Augusta
Confederate Powder Works
Historic buildings--Georgia--Augusta
Augusta (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Augusta Canal, designed to generate waterpower for manufacturing as Georgia entrepreneurs attempted to diversify the state's economy, was the last canal built in Georgia and by far the most successful. Construction on the canal started in 1844, and the canal became operational in 1846.
Photograph of the Confederate Powder Works in Augusta, Georgia, which sits along the Augusta Canal. It is a large brick building with a tall chimney rising from the front. A small boat carries visitors along the canal.
The Augusta Canal, which opened in 1846, provided transportation and waterpower during the Civil War for the powder works, as well as for a Confederate firearms plant, ordnance foundry, and bakery. The chimney of the Powder Works still stands as a memorial to the Confederate dead. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/canals/m-2143/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Georgia Department of Economic Development. Please do not use any images without permission
Explore Georgia - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/canals
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Photograph by Ralph Daniel - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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