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Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 203, Southeast corner of Heath Street & Hagner Road, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 203, Southeast corner of Heath Street & Hagner Road, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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Summary

Significance: Building 203 is one of many small sheds and storehouses scattered throughout the grounds of the Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's principal manufacturer of small arms ammunition.
Survey number: HAER PA-74-BD
Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: after 1970 Subsequent Work

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Date

1969 - 1980

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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

O'Bannon, Patrick W, historian

John Milner, Associates, historian

Ransom, Christopher, photographer

place

Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 40.04942, -75.22626

Google Map of 40.049425, -75.2262618

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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