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Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 68, Southeast corner of Walbach Street & Benet Road, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Summary
Significance: Building 68, constructed as a fuze loading house, is associated with the expansion of Frankford Arsenal during World War II. Used as a laboratory after 1946, the building is also associated with the important research and design work conducted at the arsenal, the U.S. Army's principal manufacturer of small arms ammunition.
Survey number: HAER PA-74-T
Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1942 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1951 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1946 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1951 Subsequent Work
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
U.S. Department of the Army
O'Bannon, Patrick W, historian
John Milner, Associates, historian
Ransom, Christopher, photographer
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 39.95258, -75.16522
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
