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Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

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Summary

Significance: Constructed of locally quarried sandstone, these three permanent buildings at the Benicia Arsenal. The storehouses were commonly known as Camel Barns, because they were supposed to have been used briefly in 1864 to house a herd of camels which the U.S. Government had attempted to introduce for military use in the American southwest.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-135

Survey number: HABS CA-1946

Building/structure dates: 1855 Initial Construction

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1946
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Wool, Major
McLeneghan, Samuel
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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