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The Confederate Powder Works extended two miles along the river, with its center marked by an obelisk chimney one-third mile from here, and was the principal powder factory in the South during the War. It supplied Confederate armies with abundant gunpowder of the highest quality then made and was said to be the second largest powder factory then in the world, manufacturing a total of 2,750,000 pounds during the three years that it operated. Colonel George W. Rains erected it for the Confederate Government shortly after the outbreak of the War and operated it until April 18, 1865.
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Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), Georgia · United States
