The Neabsco Iron Works were located in Woodbridge, Virginia

Woodbridge, Virginia

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 31,941 people, 10,687 households, and 7,769 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 3,047.8 people per square mile . There were 11,026 housing units at an average density of 1,052.1/sq mi...

, USA. After abandoning the Bristol Iron Works, John Tayloe I

John Tayloe I

John Tayloe I was one of the richest plantation owners and businessmen in Virginia for his generation. Considered to be the chief architect of the family fortune, he was known as the "Hon. Colonel of the Old House"...

 established the Neabsco Iron Foundry around 1737. The business became a multifaceted antebellum industrial plantation. Its activities included as farming, leatherworking, milling, shipbuilding, shoemaking, and smithing, as well as supplying raw materials used as weaponry during the American Revolution

American Revolution

The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...

. The business grew and expanded with his son, John Tayloe II

John Tayloe II

Colonel John Tayloe II was arguably the richest plantation owner in Virginia for his generation. He served in public office including the Virginia Council of State...

 when, In 1756, he bought the Occoquan Ironworks company, eventually running it as one business with the Neabsco. It was situation on 5000 acres (2,023.4 ha) by the Neabsco Creek

Neabsco Creek

Neabsco Creek is a tributary of the lower tidal segment of the Potomac River in eastern Prince William County, Virginia. The Neabsco Creek watershed covers about...

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