The roadside stories worth pulling over for.
Founded by English immigrant James Noble and his sons, this Rome ironworks built locomotives and cast roughly 70 Confederate cannons during the Civil War. Union forces destroyed it in 1864, sparing only the great lathe still displayed today.
The Noble Brothers Foundry is a historical marker in Rome, Floyd County. It is one of 31 historical markers documented in Floyd County, among 160 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.2518, -85.1757 near Rome. The nearest cataloged historic site is Here Lies in Honored Glory an American Soldier (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, Georgia’s Paul Revere, and The McDougald Family of Georgia.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
See this site and every marker, cemetery, courthouse, museum, battlefield and landmark across Georgia on one live map — find what's near you, get directions, and collect sites as you roam.
Georgia