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The Neabsco Mills Ironworks complex, owned by three generations of the Tayloe family of Richmond County, operated between 1737 and 1828 near this site and was one of the longest continually operating ironworks in present-day Northern Virginia. The 3,000-acre iron plantation was worked by resident free laborers, indentured servants, and slaves in a multifaceted operation. Its workers produced pig and bar iron for sale at home and export to Great Britain, and also engaged in shipbuilding, milling, leatherworking, shoemaking, and farming. The complex was an important supplier of iron for weaponry during the American Revolution and War of 1812.
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Dale City, Virginia · United States
