Gunpowder Copper Works Historic Marker

ID: 1523 ~ Source: Historical Society of Baltimore County ~ Creator: Sally Riley ~ Date: 2016 March 30
This file appears in: Gunpowder Copper Works
Gunpowder Copper Works Historic Marker
This file appears in: Gunpowder Copper Works

By Sally Riley & Evart F. Cornell
The Gunpowder Copper Works, a once-prominent factory located along the Great Gunpowder Falls near Glen Arm, Maryland is the second oldest copper works in the United States. The factory operated from around 1811 to 1858 turning blocks of copper into…