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Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 29, Southeast corner of Mellon Street & Mordecai Road, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 29, Southeast corner of Mellon Street & Mordecai Road, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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Summary

Significance: This building, almost wholly rebuilt in 1939, reflects the continued development of Frankford Arsenal as the U.S. Army's principal supplier of ammunition, sights, and fire control instruments.
Survey number: HAER PA-74-R
Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1939

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Date

1969 - 1980

person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Works Progress Administration

O'Bannon, Patrick W, historian

John Milner, Associates, historian

Ransom, Christopher, photographer

place

Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 39.95258, -75.16522

Google Map of 39.9525839, -75.1652215

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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