Lincoln County ironworks (Iron Station)
Ironworks, Iron Station, North Carolina.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Ironworks
- Where
- Iron Station, North Carolina
- Years
- 1862-1865
- Today
- Marker only
LINCOLN COUNTY IRONWORKS
Several Lincoln County ironworks reopened during the war to supply iron to the Confederacy. James Madison Smith opened Stonewall Furnace in 1862 for that purpose. War damage and old methods ended the county's iron industry by 1880.
IRON WORKS
Many iron mines and forges were operated within a radius of ten miles of this point between 1790 and 1880.
O-9Lincoln County
Then
Several Lincoln County ironworks reopened during the war to supply iron to the Confederacy. James Madison Smith opened Stonewall Furnace in 1862 for that purpose.
War damage and old methods ended the county's iron industry by 1880.
Now
Marker only
A state highway marker (O-9) stands on NC 27 at Iron Station.
Lines owned by CSX run through Iron Station today.
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