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Cedar Hill Foundry and Machine Shop

 
 
Cedar Hill Foundry and Machine Shop Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, September 17, 2013
1. Cedar Hill Foundry and Machine Shop Marker
Inscription. Operated by Clapp, Gates and Company. Made rifles and military supplies for N.C. and the Confederacy 1861-64. Site ¼ mi. E.
 
Erected 1974 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number J-62.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & CommerceWar, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1861.
 
Location. 36° 3.354′ N, 79° 36.187′ W. Marker is in Whitsett, North Carolina, in Guilford County. Marker is on Rock Creek Diary Road, 0.2 miles north of Franz Warner Parkway, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Whitsett NC 27377, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Wadsworth Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Athletic Field (approx. 1.2 miles away); McLean House (approx. 1.3 miles away); Galen L. Stone Hall 1927 (approx. 1.3 miles away); Bell Tower (approx. 1.3 miles away); Kimball Hall (approx. 1.3 miles away); Palmer Memorial Institute (approx. 1.4 miles away); Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown (approx. 1.4 miles away).
 
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Cedar Hill Foundry and Machine Shop Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, September 17, 2013
2. Cedar Hill Foundry and Machine Shop Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 15, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 5, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 505 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 5, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

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