Tredegar Iron Works
- Address: 500 Tredegar St
- Hours: Daily 9am - 5pm
- Phone: (804) 649 1861
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1836/00/00 | Francis B Deane Jr convinces a group of Richmond businessmen to finance an iron works, designed and built by engineer Reev Davis of Tredegar Iron Works, Wales | |||||
1841/00/00 | Joseph Reid Anderson | Owner | Civil engineer Joseph Reid Anderson becomes manager of the Tredegar Iron Works. He will eventually buy the company outright in 1848 and builds Tredegar Iron Works into the South's largest iron works. | |||
1849/00/00 | Frank T Glasgow | Work | Frank T Glasgow manages the Tredegar Iron Works, he began working there in 1849 and retired in 1912. | |||
1861/00/00 | Gun factory built at Tredegar Iron Works | |||||
1909/04/07 | Frank T Glasgow Jr | Died | Frank T Glasgow Jr commits suicide by shooting himself in the head, he had contracted typhoid fever and never recovered. |
Particulars for Tredegar Iron Works: | |
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Sight Category | Historic District |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Area of Significance | Industry |
Historic Use | Manufacturing facility |
Area of Significance | Military |
Level of Significance | National |
Owner | Private |
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Activity Category | Tour |
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