Virginia. Public Foundry.
Biographical notes:
On May 22, 1776, the fifth revolutionary convention approved a proposal to construct a cannon foundry and a blast furnace for the manufacture of ordnance. A site at Westham, near Richmond, was purchased and construction began immediately. When it was completed, the foundry complex included eight blast furnaces, a boring mill, and the foundry, besides all the buildings necessary to house workers and store supplies.
From the description of Accounts, 1776-1789. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122481613
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Subjects:
- Arsenals
- Foundries
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Places:
- Virginia--Henrico County (as recorded)
- Virginia (as recorded)
- Westham (Va.) (as recorded)
- Slavery--Virginia (as recorded)
