The Trededgar Iron Works Marker

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Richmond, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

The Trededgar Iron Works

By Bernard Fisher, November 8, 2009

1. The Trededgar Iron Works Marker

Inscription. The Tredegar Iron Works
Founded 1836
Made for the Confederate Government
1861-1865
The greater part of the cannon and
projectiles produced in the southern
states and the wrought iron armor of
the frigate
Merrimac-Virginia
This tablet is placed at the request
of the
Confederate Memorial Literary Society
A.D. 1910

Erected 1910 by Confederate Memorial Literary Society.

Location. 37° 32.138′ N, 77° 26.697′ W. Marker is in Richmond, Virginia. Marker can be reached from Tredegar Street 0.1 miles west of South 5th Street. Click for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 500 Tredegar Street, Richmond VA 23219, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Enterprise and Iron (within shouting distance of this marker); The Gun Foundry (within shouting distance of this marker); Tredegar Iron Works (within shouting distance of this marker); The Cupola Furnace and Foundry (within shouting distance of this marker); Company Store (within shouting distance of this marker); Toledo 1000-ton Press (within shouting distance of this marker); Civil War Visitor Center (within shouting distance of this marker); Overshot Waterwheel (within shouting distance of this marker). Click for a list of all markers in Richmond.

Trededgar Office Building Photo, Click for full size

By Bernard Fisher, November 8, 2009

2. Trededgar Office Building

Also see . . .
1. The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar. (Submitted on November 8, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.)
2. Civil War Visitor Center at Tredegar Iron Works. Richmond National Battlefield Park (Submitted on November 8, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.)
3. Tredegar Iron Works. National Park Service (Submitted on November 9, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.)

Credits. This page originally submitted on November 8, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia. This page has been viewed 97 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. Submitted on November 8, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.