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Chartered in 1837, Tredegar Iron Works became a major supplier of armament to the Confederacy during the Civil War. The foundry cast more than 1000 cannons for Lee's troops, and the rolling mills produced heavy iron plates for Confederate naval vessels, including the Merrimac, the world's first armored warship.
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