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Charged by Jefferson Davis to solve the Confederacy's gunpowder shortage, Col. George Washington Rains built these canal-side works in 1862. Among the world's largest powder mills, it produced over 2.7 million pounds; only its chimney survives.
The Confederate States Powder Works is a historical marker in Augusta, Richmond County. It is one of 148 historical markers documented in Richmond County, among 249 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.4870, -81.9924 near Augusta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Confederate Obelisk-Chimney (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Explosion At The Confederate Powder Works, White House Tract, and Harris-Pearson-Walker House.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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