Palmetto Armory and Iron Works
Armory, Columbia, South Carolina.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Armory
- Where
- Columbia, South Carolina
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Park
PALMETTO ARMORY AND IRON WORKS
The armory, later the Palmetto Iron Works, made arms and munitions through the war, and with a nearby gunpowder factory produced shells, bullets and cannon. Sherman's army destroyed the works in February 1865.
Site of Palmetto Iron Works
On the SW corner of this square was located the Palmetto Armory, later called Palmetto Iron Works, originally built for converting flint and steel muskets into percussion guns. Arms and munitions were manufactured here during the Confederate War, 1861-1865.
Then
The armory, later the Palmetto Iron Works, made arms and munitions through the war. With a nearby gunpowder factory it produced shells, bullets and cannon.
Sherman's army destroyed the works in February 1865, along with Columbia's armory and arsenal, powder mill and foundry.
Now
Park
The rebuilt structure is a city recreation center in Arsenal Hill Park.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by Norfolk Southern, about 0.4 miles away.
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