Industrial Sites
Information about Industrial Sites in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1862-01-11, Richmond Whig; death notice for Philip Rahm, proprietor of the "Eagle Foundry," who died of lockjaw. He was attended by Dr. Bolton.
1862-02-13, Richmond Dispatch; Talbot & Brother, owners of “extensive foundry corner of 17th and Cary” sold everything intact to Navy Dept.
1862-04-05, Richmond Dispatch; Old Dominion Iron and Nail Works needs nail keg hoops
1862-05-08, Richmond Dispatch; nice paragraph on city gas works and their use of negroes and laborers (very laudatory toward them)
1862-05-08, Richmond Enquirer; notes on the profits of the City Gas Works and the commendable character of the slave labor force there
1862-07-01, Richmond Dispatch; any more Yankees brought to the city will be housed in Warwick and Barksdale's mills (Gallego Mills)
1862-07-05, Richmond Examiner; new prisons needed; Warwick's mill is being prepared
1862-07-07, Richmond Enquirer; Tredegar Iron works described by Yankee reporter during the Seven Days
1862-07-08, Richmond Dispatch; excellent details on Richmond prisons: Libby, Barrett's, Greanor & Palmer's factories, Officer's prison on 18th street.
1862-07-09, Richmond Enquirer; accident at Thomas' factory - wagoner blows his fingers off while off-loading muskets picked up on the battlefield.

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