Shenandoah Iron Works and Welfley powder mill
Ironworks, Shenandoah, Virginia.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Ironworks
- Where
- Shenandoah, Virginia
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Marker only
SHENANDOAH IRON WORKS
The Forrer brothers' ironworks, 1861-1865, ran Furnace No. 1 here and Furnace No. 2 on Naked Creek, which made cannon balls. John Welfley's black-powder mill began operating across the river in September 1862. Union troops burned nearby farms in October 1864 but destroyed no ironworks.
Then
The Forrer brothers' ironworks ran Furnace No. 1 here, with Furnace No. 2 on Naked Creek making cannon balls. A black-powder mill under local resident John Welfley began operating across the river in September 1862.
Union troops burned nearby Shenandoah Valley farms in October 1864 but destroyed no ironworks.
Now
Marker only
A Civil War Trails marker on Maryland Avenue in the town of Shenandoah marks the works.
Track in service today runs beside the site, on a line owned by Norfolk Southern.
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