Continuing our look at richmond well visit what remains of tredegar ironworks which was ones located on the banks of the river. Tredegar ironworks was an iron foundry that operated in richmond on the bank of the james river from 1837 to 1957. Its greatest claim to fame is the chief armorer to the confederacy during the American Civil War producing a large majority of the cannons used. During the civil war they had infrastructure that no longer exists from battlefield hospitals to battlefield themselves. The ironworks is one of the few remaining items in the city that existed about the civil war, played a role in the civil war and existed for decades afterwards. Tredegars history dates to 1800 in southeastern wales in the united kingdom. Over there there was the tredegar ironworks one of the main suppliers of iron for the British Industrial revolution. When Richmond Virginians wanted to begin ironworks here in richmond. They contacted tredegar there to design their Rolling Mills and iro
Visit ironworks in richmond that served as the main artillery manufacturer for the confederacy during the civil war. It was an iron foundry that operated on the bank the james river from 1837 to 1957. Its greatest claim to fame was the chief armor, to the confederacy during the civil war producing a large majority of the cannons used by the confederacy. Richmond had a lot of infrastructure that no longer exists from battlefield hospitals to the battlefield themselves. Fewironworks is one of the remaining structures that existed before the civil war, played a. His history dates to the 1800s and southeastern wales in the united kingdom. There was an ironworks that was the main supplier of iron for the British Industrial revolution era when richmond businessman wanted to begin an ironworks here they contacted engineers and millwrights to come over here and design their mills and ironworks here. Francis dean, who started tredegar, had a good amount of imagination but not a good businessman
Visit ironworks in richmond that served as the main artillery manufacturer for the confederacy during the civil war. It was an iron foundry that operated on the bank the james river from 1837 to 1957. Its greatest claim to fame was the chief armor, to the confederacy during the civil war producing a large majority of the cannons used by the confederacy. Richmond had a lot of infrastructure that no longer exists from battlefield hospitals to the battlefield themselves. Fewironworks is one of the remaining structures that existed before the civil war, played a. His history dates to the 1800s and southeastern wales in the united kingdom. There was an ironworks that was the main supplier of iron for the British Industrial revolution era when richmond businessman wanted to begin an ironworks here they contacted engineers and millwrights to come over here and design their mills and ironworks here. Francis dean, who started tredegar, had a good amount of imagination but not a good businessman