- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- George W. Rains
- Creator:
- Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York
- Contributor to Resource:
- Image from Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York
- Date of Original:
- 1914
- Subject:
- History
Archaeology - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- In 1861 Colonel George W. Rains selected Augusta as the site for the Confederate Powder Works and oversaw its construction on the Augusta Canal. Completed in 1862, the factory produced 3 million pounds of gunpowder by the end of the Civil War in 1865.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/civil-war-industry-and-manufacturing/m-4728/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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