Raritan Arsenal, Assembly Plant K2, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ
Summary
Significance: Assembly Plant K2 is significant as a typical industrial building constructed at the Arsenal during World War I. The building is a core structure in the initial development of the manufacturing plant at the Arsenal and for its ongoing role in military manufacturing, primarily as a carpentry shop and as a vehicle rebuild shop.
Survey number: HABS NJ-1061-J
Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1921 Subsequent Work
Tags
assembly plants
brick buildings
ordnance industry
storage
bonhamtown
raritan
plant
plant k
woodbridge
woodbridge avenue
middlesex
middlesex county
new jersey
masonry building materials
parapets
warren roof trusses
steel trusses
concrete roofs
corbels
loading docks
roll up doors
concrete block construction
arsenals
military organizations
military facilities
marilyn frasier
historic american buildings survey
martin reinbold
richard grubb and associates
snare and triest company
stacy e spies
m vergara
photo
raritan arsenal
plant k2
ultra high resolution
high resolution
manufacturing plants
manufacturing
construction sites
construction
library of congress
Date
1918 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Snare & Triest Company
Richard Grubb & Associates, contractor
Vergara, M, transmitter
Reinbold, Martin, photographer
Spies, Stacy E, historian
Frasier, Marilyn, historian
Location
bonhamtown
,
40.41114, -74.35875
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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