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Photographer: Arsenal Hill Marker
Caption: Lower left picture
Additional Description: Today a City of Columbia recreation facility, this neighborhood landmark originally was part of the Palmetto Armory and Ironworks, which produced cannons, shells, solid shot, and Minnie balls during the Civil War. Though opened in 1852 as the largest armament foundry south of Harpers Ferry, Virginia, the factory produced castings, railings, steam boilers, and engines from 1854 until war broke out in 1861. During the Union occupation of the city in February 1865 the structure lost its third story in an explosion. After the war, the factory was rebuilt And continued producing non-military items until it closed in 1927. Image courtesy South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina.
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Submitted: April 12, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p149912
File Size: 0.171 Megabytes

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