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Confederate Navy Yard, Charlotte

Naval works, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Side
Confederate
Kind
Naval works
Where
Charlotte, North Carolina
Years
1862-1865
Today
Marker only
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CONFEDERATE NAVY YARD

Confederate navy yard on the machinery of the Gosport yard at Norfolk. About 1,500 men made marine engines, shells, torpedoes, gun carriages and heavy forgings with the largest steam hammer in the South. A fire and explosion struck it in January 1864, and in 1865 its tools moved toward Lincolnton.

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CONFEDERATE NAVY YARD

Established here 1862 following its removal from Portsmouth, Va. Produced ordnance for the Confederate Navy.

L-56Mecklenburg County
North Carolina highway marker L-56. Where it stands

Then

The yard took the machinery of the Gosport yard at Norfolk and opened by May 1862. About 1,500 men made marine engines, shells, torpedoes, gun carriages, solid shot and heavy forgings, using the largest steam hammer in the South.

A fire and explosion on January 7, 1864, destroyed munitions and supplies at the yard. In 1865 its tools were moved toward Lincolnton, and the war ended before the works reopened there.

Now

Marker only

A state highway marker (L-56) stands on East Trade Street. The later railway freight station on the site was razed in 1959.

The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by Norfolk Southern, about 0.6 miles away.

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Nearby

Sources

  1. Confederate Navy Yard (L-56), NC DNCR
  2. Confederate Navy Yard marker, HMDB
  3. The War Between The States marker, HMDB