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Related Historical Markers
By Bernard Fisher, November 3, 2009
Richmond Riverfront Canal Walk
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Virginia, Richmond, Gambles Hill — Confederate Laboratory —  |
| Brown’s Island was the site of the Confederate Laboratory, a major powder-loading and cartridge-producing plant during the Civil War. During the Civil War, the hazardous work of loading powder was carried out here on Brown’s Island because of . . . — — Map (db m24098) HM | |||
| 2 ► Virginia, Richmond, North Side — Brown's Island Disaster — |
| On March 13, 1863, an explosion destroyed much of the Confederate States Laboratory, a munitions facility on Brown's Island in the James River. 47 workers died, mostly girls under the age 17, who helped fill manpower needs and whose small hands . . . — — Map (db m79713) HM WM | |||