Whitman powder mill, Old Stone Fort
Powder works, Manchester, Tennessee.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Powder works
- Where
- Manchester, Tennessee
- Years
- 1862-1863
- Today
- State historic site
WHITMAN POWDER MILL
W. S. Whitman built a powder factory beside his paper mill on the Duck River in 1862 to supply the Confederacy. Union troops destroyed the powder factory in 1863.
Then
W. S. Whitman built a powder factory beside his paper mill on the Duck River in 1862 to supply the Confederacy.
Union troops destroyed the powder factory in 1863.
Now
State historic site
The site lies within Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park, where a marker on the trail describes powder production.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by a smaller railroad, about 1.3 miles away.
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