Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 301, Southeast corner of Hagner Road & Thomas Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Summary
Significance: Building 301 was constructed as the principal power plant for Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's main supplier of ammunition throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The building provided steam and heat to buildings throughout the arsenal.
Survey number: HAER PA-74-P
Building/structure dates: 1921 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1940 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1945 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1967 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, 39.94456, -75.23373
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