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Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 242-246A, South side Craig Road between Eakin & Walbach Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 242-246A, South side Craig Road between Eakin & Walbach Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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Summary

Significance: These nine buildings are part of a thirteen-building complex associated with the original and most elemental purpose of Frankford Arsenal, the production and storage of powder and munitions for the United States Army.
Survey number: HAER PA-74-AC
Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1938 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1941 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1938 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1938 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1917-1918 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1962 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1969 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
U.S. Department of the Army
O'Bannon, Patrick W, historian
John Milner, Associates, historian
Ransom, Christopher, photographer
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Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States39.95258, -75.16522
Google Map of 39.9525839, -75.1652215
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