Pamplin Pipe Factory

Address Restricted, Pamplin, Virginia. County/parish: Appomattox.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 25, 1980. NRIS 80004169.

1 contributing building. 4 contributing structures.

Also known as:

• Merrill and Ford
• The Akron Smoking Pipe Factory
• The Pamplin

From Wikipedia:

Pamplin Pipe Factory

Pamplin Pipe Factory, also known as Merrill and Ford, The Akron Smoking Pipe Factory, and The Pamplin Smoking Pipe and Manufacturing Company, is a historic factory and archaeological site located at Pamplin, Appomattox County, Virginia. Located on the property are a wood-framed factory building, a deteriorating brick kiln, and a collapsed brick chimney. It began operation about 1879 and was at one time the largest clay pipe manufacturer in the United States.

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