Cooper's Iron Works, Etowah
Ironworks, near Cartersville, Georgia.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Ironworks
- Where
- near Cartersville, Georgia
- Years
- 1861-1864
- Today
- Ruins
COOPER'S IRON WORKS
Mark Cooper's works at Etowah made nails, iron pots and cannon. The Confederacy took over the firm in 1863 to raise production. Sherman's troops burned the plant on May 22, 1864, after a brisk skirmish, and the works were never rebuilt.
Then
Mark Cooper's works at Etowah made nails, iron pots and cannon. Cooper sold them in 1862 for $400,000 in Confederate currency, and the Confederacy took over the firm in 1863 to raise production.
Sherman's troops burned the plant on May 22, 1864, after a brisk skirmish. Most of Etowah was destroyed, the furnace stack was left, and the works were never rebuilt.
Now
Ruins
The furnace stack stands below a 1956 Georgia Historical Commission marker on a walking trail near Cartersville.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by CSX, about 2.4 miles away.
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