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Confederate Navy Yard / Mecklenburg Iron Works (site)

Marker L-56 along East Trade marks where the Confederate Navy moved its Portsmouth yard inland in 1862 to forge ordnance 200 miles from the sea.

  • Historical

Lost Charlotte — the building is gone

Where it stood

It stood at
East Trade Street, Charlotte, NC (NC highway marker L-56)
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The take

NC highway historical marker L-56 (cast 1954) reads: 'Established here 1862 following its removal from Portsmouth, Va. Produced ordnance for the Confederate Navy.' The DNCR GIS database places the marker on East Trade Street in Charlotte at 35.225357, -80.841123.

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  • Confederate Navy Yard

    Active today

    Confederate Navy Yard — military, appearing in the Charlotte record across 5 documented year(s).

Sources

  • Facts — gis2.ncdcr.gov, verified August 2026
  • deepCut — the guide’s own research notes — no published source, August 2026 — not independently verified

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