Sycamore Powder Mill
Powder works, near Ashland City, Tennessee.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Powder works
- Where
- near Ashland City, Tennessee
- Years
- 1861-1862
- Today
- Marker only
SYCAMORE POWDER MILL
Powder mill on Sycamore Creek near Nashville, enlarged under Tennessee contracts that passed to the Confederate government. Limited saltpetre preparation kept output small, at 500 pounds of powder a day by late September 1861. It ran until the fall of Fort Donelson.
Then
Tennessee contracted with the Sycamore mill, on Sycamore Creek near Nashville, to be enlarged for the army, and the contracts passed to the Confederate government. Limited saltpetre preparation kept output small; by late September 1861 it made 500 pounds of powder a day.
The mill ran until the fall of Fort Donelson. DuPont took an interest in 1873 and it operated until 1904.
Now
Marker only
A Tennessee Historical Commission marker stands on Route 49 just north of Sycamore Creek.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by a smaller railroad, about 6 miles away.
Nearby
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