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Title
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Civil War Torpedo Works Lavaca Bay, TX
Subject
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War Memorials
US Civil War
Torpedoes
Lavaca Bay
Texas
Description
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Texan E.G. Singer who was known as an inventor developed a unique spring-action torpedo and tested it in Lavaca Bay in 1863. His torpedo works site in Lavaca produced torpedoes and underwater mines. He later provided to the Confederacy these torpedoes and mines which were deployed in several rivers in the South and were part of the defense of nearby Matagorda Bay in Texas.
Coverage
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1700-1900
Type
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engraving/plaque
Creator
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state
Format
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steel
Date
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1998
Source
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Texas Historical Commission
Contributor
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Laura M Wood
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This work is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
E.G. Singer
Lavaca
Matagorda Bay
Texas
Torpedo
US Civil War