Bellona Arsenal and Foundry
Arsenal, Midlothian, Virginia.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Arsenal
- Where
- Midlothian, Virginia
- Years
- 1863-1865
- Today
- Ruins
BELLONA ARSENAL AND FOUNDRY
Junius L. Archer leased the arsenal and the Bellona Foundry to the Confederate government on January 1, 1863. Bellona cast cannon and ranked second to Tredegar as a producer of Confederate armaments.
Then
Junius L. Archer leased the arsenal and the Bellona Foundry to the Confederate government on January 1, 1863. Bellona cast cannon and ranked second to Tredegar as a producer of Confederate armaments.
Now
Ruins
Three of the original workshops and the roofless powder magazine still stand.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by CSX, about 0.9 miles away.
Nearby
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- 10 miConfederates burn Richmond's bridges and supply warehousesApril 2, 1865, Richmond, Virginia
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