Haiman's Sword Factory

Haiman's Sword Factory is a Georgia historical marker in Muscogee County, dedicated 1994.

On 1st Avenue, between 14th and 15th Streets in Columbus.

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Site of Haiman's Sword Factory, the largest plant of its type in the South during the War Between the States, Louis and Elias Haiman came to Columbus from Prussia in the 1830s and established a tinsmith shop. At the War's start they established small sword factory, moving to this site later to manufacture swords and other various army equipment. By 1863 they employed over 400 workers. That year they also began to manufacture the Colt Navy Pistol, selling the machinery to the C.S. Government in 1864. The facilities were burned by Federal forces April 17, 1865.

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1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1856 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1908 · Columbus, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Georgia, 1866, covering the location of Haiman's Sword Factory, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1866, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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