Brierfield Ironworks (Bibb Naval Furnace)
Ironworks, Brierfield, Alabama.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Ironworks
- Where
- Brierfield, Alabama
- Years
- 1862-1865
- Today
- State historic site
BIBB NAVAL FURNACE
The Confederate government bought the Brierfield works in 1863 and renamed them the Bibb Naval Furnace. By 1864 it made 25 tons of iron a day for the Selma arsenal. The 10th Missouri Cavalry destroyed the furnace on March 31, 1865.
Then
The Confederate government bought the works in 1863 and renamed it the Bibb Naval Furnace. By 1864 it made 25 tons of iron a day for the Selma arsenal, where it went into more than 100 Brooke rifles.
The 10th Missouri Cavalry destroyed the furnace on March 31, 1865, during Wilson's Raid.
Now
State historic site
The ruins are preserved in Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by Norfolk Southern, about 2.0 miles away.
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