- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Confederate Powder Works
- Publisher:
- Detroit Publishing Co.
- Date of Original:
- 1903
- 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.
Cotton industry
Industrial facilities
Canals
Ordnance industry - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Confederate Powder Works in Augusta sits along the Augusta Canal. The 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.
Historic 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. The still waters of the canal reflect the image of the buildings.
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/history-archaeology/civil-war-industry-and-manufacturing/m-3017/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016794752/
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/augusta-canal
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Detroit Publishing Company Collection, Library of Congress - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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