Confederate States Laboratory, Brown's Island
Laboratory, Richmond, Virginia.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Laboratory
- Where
- Richmond, Virginia
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Park
CONFEDERATE STATES LABORATORY
Confederate States Laboratory on Brown's Island in the James River, 1861-1865. Made ammunition, friction primers, percussion caps and other ordnance, isolated on the island in case of an accident. An explosion on March 13, 1863, killed 50 and injured 14, most of them young girls.
Then
The laboratory on Brown's Island in the James River made ammunition, friction primers, percussion caps and other ordnance. It was set on the island to keep explosives production isolated in case of an accident.
An explosion on March 13, 1863, killed 50 and injured 14. Most of the dead and injured were young girls, who made up the island's labor force.
Now
Park
Brown's Island is part of Richmond's James River Park System and is used as a concert and festival ground.
Track in service today runs beside the site, on a line owned by CSX.
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