L22: The Augusta Arsenal
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Now the campus of Augusta State University, its
administration buildings are the original United States Arsenal
structures, founded on this site in 1826.
Seized by Georgia militia in January 1861, it became a major Confederate manufacturing center until the War's end.
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L23. The Confederate States Powder Works
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This 153 foot tall chimney remains from the
largest facility ever built by the Confederacy. Colonel George
Washington Rains oversaw construction of multiple brick
buildings, then production of some 3 million pounds of quality
gun powder.
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Augusta Mayor Bob Young's dedication remarks |
Dignitaries unveil interpretive marker at the chimney's base |
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