Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson Street, Watervliet, Albany County, NY
Summary
Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architectural Iron Works in New York and shipped up the Hudson to be erected on the site.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1
Survey number: HAER NY-1
Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000503
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Tags
warehouses
storehouses
watervliet ny
watervliet
cast iron
storehouse
cast iron storehouse
westervelt
westervelt avenue
gibson
gibson street
albany
albany county
interior
new york
daniel d badger
jack e boucher
david bouse
historic american engineering record
r carole huberman
alfred mordecai
charles a parrott
richard j pollak
james w ripley
selma thomas
watervliet arsenal
ultra high resolution
high resolution
historic american landscapes survey
historic american buildings survey
shipyard
library of congress
national register of historic places
industrial history
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Mordecai, Alfred
Badger, Daniel D
Ripley, James W
Bouse, David, field team
Parrott, Charles A, field team
Pollak, Richard J, field team
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Thomas, Selma, historian
Huberman, R Carole, historian
Location
Watervliet (N.Y.)
,
42.71878, -73.70434
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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