40-13 Site of Palmetto Iron Works
N 34° 00.549 W 081° 02.549
17S E 496076 N 3763170
Arms and munitions were manufactured here during the Confederate War.
Waymark Code: WM8DQQ
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 03/18/2010
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On the SW corner of this square was located the Palmetto Armory, later called Palmetto Iron Works, originally built for converting flint and steel muskets into percussion guns. Arms and munitions were manufactured here during the Confederate War, 1861-1865.
Erected by the City of Columbia, 1966, replacing a marker erected in 1938 by the Columbia Sesquicentennial Commission of 1936
Marker Name: Site of Palmetto Iron Works
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Historic Site
Marker number: 40-13
County: Richland
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