Cedar Hill Foundry and Machine Shop
Foundry, Whitsett, North Carolina.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Foundry
- Where
- Whitsett, North Carolina
- Years
- 1861-1864
- Today
- Marker only
CEDAR HILL FOUNDRY
Foundry and machine shop of Clapp, Gates and Company at Whitsett, 1861-1864. The firm made rifles and military supplies here for both North Carolina and the Confederacy.
CEDAR HILL FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP
Operated by Clapp, Gates and Company. Made rifles and military supplies for N.C. and the Confederacy, 1861-64. Site 1/4 mi. E.
J-62Guilford County
Then
Clapp, Gates and Company made rifles and military supplies for North Carolina and the Confederacy.
Now
Marker only
A state highway marker (J-62) stands on Rock Creek Dairy Road. The works site lies about a quarter mile east.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by Norfolk Southern, about 4 miles from the center of Whitsett.
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