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[Chimney of old Confederate Powder [Works] Mill, Augusta, Ga.] – Historic Reproduction

[Chimney of old Confederate Powder [Works] Mill, Augusta, Ga.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Chimney of old Confederate Powder [Works] Mill, Augusta, Ga.], [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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The chimney in this view belongs to the Confederate Powder Works in Augusta, Georgia, a facility built during the Civil War to produce gunpowder for the Southern army. Augusta's location on the Savannah River and its rail connections made it a sensible site for the works, which operated near the river's falls and drew on the city's water power. By the time this glass negative was made, between 1900 and 1910, the mill had long been out of wartime service, and the tall brick stack stood as a reminder of the industry that once rose there. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm known for its photographs of American places, recorded the scene as part of its wide survey of the country.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 737 G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033102. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsIndustrial facilities. Chimneys. Ordnance industry. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.United States--Georgia--Augusta.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan795 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66442

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