Hayes Lowe
Some intesting facts regarding the Selma Works.
Tue Jun 26 10:25:08 2001


"The government establishments alone covered fifty acres and employed about 6,000 men. They were equipped with the best English machinery, and turned out heavy ordnance, shot and shell, swords, rifles, muskets, pistols, and caps, of high grade and in great quantities." This source goes on to state that it is "claimed on good authority" that half of the Confederate cannons, and two-thirds of the Confederate "fixed" ammunition, was made at these facilities.