Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 217, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Summary
Significance: Constructed in 1899 as a boiler house for the new small arms cartridge factory and introduced into Building 215 in 1898, Building 2`7 is associated with the modest expansion of Frankford Arsenal that occurred at the turn of the century.
Survey number: HAER PA-74-L
Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1916 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1941 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1942 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
O'Bannon, Patrick W, historian
John Milner, Associates, historian
Ransom, Christopher, photographer
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 40.00892, -75.06679
Source
Library of Congress
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