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Augusta Canal

Confederate Powder Works

Rigdon & Ansley Company

Augusta Factory

Enterprise Mill

Augusta Machine Works

Augusta Shoe Factory

Augusta, Georgia

The Augusta Canal was built in various stages starting in 1845 and finished in the 1850s. It is nine miles long and seven feet deep. This industrial improvement brought to Augusta needed power and water, vital to its manufacturing facilities, giving Augusta the nickname of the "Lowell of the South." Augusta's canal, water power, railroad facilities, and central location safe from attack made the city the ideal location for the Confederacy's Powder Works.

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