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Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 239-239A, Southeast corner of Clay Street & Cray Road, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Summary
Significance: Constructed as a powder magazine, Building 239 is associated with the original and most elemental purpose of Frankford Arsenal, the storage of powder and munitions for the United States Army. Building 239A, constructed in 1939 as a sieving house, served the magazine.
Survey number: HAER PA-74-AA
Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1939 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1933-1941 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1940- 1949 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1955 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1939 Initial Construction
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Date
1940
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Works Progress Administration
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
