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Tredegar Iron Works
An iron industry developed in Virginia with the advent of the railroad and the demand for locomotive engines, tenders, railroad cars, and track. Workers were brought to Richmond in 1837 from the famous iron works at Tredegar, Wales, to take advantage of the boom, a water source, and active coalfields. By 1860, this twenty-two-acre operation made Richmond the third largest iron manufacturer in the nation. |