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Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 206, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 206, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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Summary

Significance: Building 206 was constructed in 1918 as a cart house and is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal in its relation with the United States' entry into World War I.
Survey number: HAER PA-74-I
Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: before 1922 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1945 Initial Construction

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Date

1945

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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

U.S. Department of the Army

O'Bannon, Patrick W, historian

John Milner, Associates, historian

Ransom, Christopher, photographer

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Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 40.00892, -75.06679

Google Map of 40.0089189, -75.06678529999999

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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