Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson Street, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

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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1933 - 1970

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