Site of Palmetto Iron Works

Site of Palmetto Iron Works is a South Carolina historical marker in Columbia, Richland County, dedicated 1966.

Richland County · dedicated 1966 · in front of the South Carolina Governor's Mansion, 800 Richland St., Columbia, Columbia

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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.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by City of Columbia

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