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Mesta 160-Inch Plate Mill, Defense Plant Corporation, Homestead Works, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

Mesta 160-Inch Plate Mill, Defense Plant Corporation, Homestead Works,...

See also HAER PA-200-F for additional documentation. Includes photographs. See also HAER PA-343 for related documentation. Includes written data. Significance: Rated with an annual capacity of six hundred thous... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 280, Sylvan Drive, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 280, Sylvan Drive, Rock Island, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five ... More

Raritan Arsenal, Fire Station, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, Fire Station, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Mid...

Significance: Building 228 is significant as the main fire station at the Raritan Arsenal. Because of the potential fire danger of munitions stored at the installation, it played a critical role in maintaining ... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 110, Rodman Avenue between Fourth Street & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 110, Rodman Avenue between Fourth St...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Raritan Arsenal, Artillery Shop S-3-A, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, Artillery Shop S-3-A, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamt...

Significance: Artillery Shop S-3-A is significant for its contribution to World War II tank and artillery production. The poured concrete structure is an unusual construction type amid the brick and frame struc... More

Raritan Arsenal, Artillery Shop S-3-A, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, Artillery Shop S-3-A, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamt...

Significance: Artillery Shop S-3-A is significant for its contribution to World War II tank and artillery production. The poured concrete structure is an unusual construction type amid the brick and frame struc... More

Raritan Arsenal, Warehouse N-5, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, Warehouse N-5, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Mi...

Significance: The Raritan Arsenal, originally known as the Raritan River Ordnance Base, was established in 1917 in preparation for the United States' entry into World War I. The Arsenal, initially a 2,150 acre ... More

Raritan Arsenal, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County,...

Significance: The Raritan Arsenal, originally known as the Raritan River Ordnance Base, was established in 1917 in preparation for the United States' entry into World War I. The Arsenal, initially a 2,150 acre ... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... More

Raritan Arsenal, Machine Shop S-3-C, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, Machine Shop S-3-C, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtow...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Navy Yard, Building No. 33, Northeast corner of Patterson & Kennon Streets, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Building No. 33, Northeast corner of Patterson & Kennon Str...

Significance: Building 33 is one of 45 contributing properties within the Washington Navy Yard National historic Landmark District. The Washington Navy Yard is significant for its primary role in the developme... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 60, Rodman Avenue between Gillespie Avenue & First Street, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 60, Rodman Avenue between Gillespie ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 133, Gillespie Avenue between South Avenue & Ramsey Street, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 133, Gillespie Avenue between South ...

Significance: Situated in a manufacturing area southwest of the Greek Revival stone shops on Rodman Avenue, the Incinerator Buildings was constructed in 1917-1918 as part of an artillery shell production comple... More

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rolette County, ND

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rol...

Significance: The Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant is significant as the only large-scale, diversified manufacturing facility for the production of jewel bearings in the United States. Jewel bearings were consid... More

Raritan Arsenal, Assembly Plant J1, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, Assembly Plant J1, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown...

Significance: Assembly Plant J1 is significant as a typical industrial building constructed at the Arsenal during World War I. The building is significant as a core structure in the initial development of the m... More

[Interior view of the Tophane Factory] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères

[Interior view of the Tophane Factory] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frèr...

English caption: Imperial Ottoman Gun and Small Arms Factories, Smithery. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 16. No. 84. In album: Imperial Gun and Small Arms Fac... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & Third Streets, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & T...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & Third Streets, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & T...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Navy Yard, Building No. 201, Between Isaac Hull & Patterson Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Building No. 201, Between Isaac Hull & Patterson Avenues, W...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Raritan Arsenal, Office Building, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, Office Building, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, ...

Significance: Office Building 17 played an important support role in the shops complex, which formed the industrial core of the Arsenal. The building is significant as a contributing structure in the developmen... More

Navy Yard, Building No. 109, Smith Quadrangle, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Building No. 109, Smith Quadrangle, Washington, District of...

Significance: Building 109 is a contributing property in the Washington Navy Yard National Historic Landmark. The Washington Navy Yard once served as the center for naval ordnance research and production and i... More

[Interior view of the Tophane Factory] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

[Interior view of the Tophane Factory] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frèr...

English Caption: Imperial Ottoman Gun and Small Arms Factories, Small Arms Factory, Milling section. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 9. No. 93. In album: Imper... More

[Water machinery at the imperial factory in Zeytinburnu] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[Water machinery at the imperial factory in Zeytinburnu] / the photogr...

Pumping station. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 30. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: ... More

Spanish troops leaving the ordnance store and work shop, Havana, Jan. 1, 1899

Spanish troops leaving the ordnance store and work shop, Havana, Jan. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Joseph Pennell - [Munitions river]

Joseph Pennell - [Munitions river]

Print shows workers in the foreground with ships in the river and factories on the other side, in England; also smokestacks with billowing smoke. [His English war work series] Wuerth, 440. Edition of 50. Signed... More

Joseph Pennell - [Within the furnaces]

Joseph Pennell - [Within the furnaces]

Print shows furnaces melting pig iron for munitions in England. Library has two impressions. No. 422a: [His English war work series] Wuerth, 422. Edition of 50. Signed on stone and in pencil. Source: Beall) Tit... More

To skilled workers in engineering & kindred trades. ... Get into the factory line & feed the firing line / Carlton Studio ; Printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.

To skilled workers in engineering & kindred trades. ... Get into the f...

Poster showing a worker holding a wrench and the British flag, with caption, "Hold up the flag of freedom."

La guerra delle munizioni. Come la Gran Bretagna ha mobilizzato le sue industrie / G.K.

La guerra delle munizioni. Come la Gran Bretagna ha mobilizzato le sue...

Poster showing 14 vignettes of the British munitions industry, including related descriptions and facts. Poster is in Italian. No. 15.

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 233, South side Craig Road between Building Nos. 201 & 202, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 233, South side Craig Road between Bui...

Significance: Building 233 is associated with the continued use of Frankford Arsenal as an important U.S. Army post during the decades following World War II. Survey number: HAER PA-74-BG Building/structure d... More

"The girl he left behind" is still behind him--She's a WOW Adolph Treidler

"The girl he left behind" is still behind him--She's a WOW Adolph Trei...

Poster showing a woman ordnance worker, holding wrench, gazing up at a soldier with a rifle in the clouds in the background. Promotional goal: U.S. F34.J7. 1943. Promotional goal: U.S. J44.J2. 1943.

Navy Yard, Building No. 197, Tingey Street, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Building No. 197, Tingey Street, Washington, District of Co...

Significance: Building 197 is a contributing property in the Washington Navy Yard National Historic Landmark. The Washington Navy Yard once served as the center for naval ordnance research and production and i... More

Mesta 160-Inch Plate Mill, Defense Plant Corporation, Homestead Works, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

Mesta 160-Inch Plate Mill, Defense Plant Corporation, Homestead Works,...

See also HAER PA-200-F for additional documentation. Includes photographs. See also HAER PA-343 for related documentation. Includes written data. Significance: Rated with an annual capacity of six hundred thous... More

Raritan Arsenal, Assembly Plant K2, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, Assembly Plant K2, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown...

Significance: Assembly Plant K2 is significant as a typical industrial building constructed at the Arsenal during World War I. The building is a core structure in the initial development of the manufacturing pl... More

Navy Yard, Building No. 28, Between Isaac Hill & Patterson Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Building No. 28, Between Isaac Hill & Patterson Avenues, Wa...

Significance: Building 28 is a contributing property in the Washington Navy Yard National Historic Landmark. The Washington Navy Yard once served as the center for naval ordnance research and production and is... More

Munhall Homesteads, Longfellow Drive, Munhall, Allegheny County, PA

Munhall Homesteads, Longfellow Drive, Munhall, Allegheny County, PA

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Munhall Homesteads, Longfellow Drive, Munhall, Allegheny County, PA

Munhall Homesteads, Longfellow Drive, Munhall, Allegheny County, PA

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 106, Rodman Avenue between Second & Third Streets, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 106, Rodman Avenue between Second & ...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Navy Yard, Building No. 37, Smith Quadrangle, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Building No. 37, Smith Quadrangle, Washington, District of ...

Significance: Building 37 is a contributing property in the Washington Navy Yard National Historic Landmark. The Washington Navy Yard once served as the center for naval ordnance research and production and i... More

Interior of Starr Arms Factory, no. 844 / George Stacy.

Interior of Starr Arms Factory, no. 844 / George Stacy.

Stereograph shows machinery inside a gun factory. Card number: "No. 844." Gottheim collection code: GCW 61. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of C... More

Raritan Arsenal, Machine Shop S-3, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, Machine Shop S-3, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown,...

Significance: Machine Shop S-3 is significant as a contributing structure in the World War II expansion of the shops complex. This expansion arose due to increased wartime production of artillery and motorized ... More

Raritan Arsenal, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County,...

Significance: The Raritan Arsenal, originally known as the Raritan River Ordnance Base, was established in 1917 in preparation for the United States' entry into World War I. The Arsenal, initially a 2,150 acre ... More

Raritan Arsenal, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County,...

Significance: The Raritan Arsenal, originally known as the Raritan River Ordnance Base, was established in 1917 in preparation for the United States' entry into World War I. The Arsenal, initially a 2,150 acre ... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... More

Fort Buford, Old Powder Magazine, Buford, Williams County, ND

Fort Buford, Old Powder Magazine, Buford, Williams County, ND

Survey number: HABS ND-4-B Public domain photograph - historical image of North Dakota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Along Monongahela River, north of Eighth Avenue, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Along Monongahela River, north of Eighth A...

Significance: Established in 1879, Homestead Works is one of six plants (Homestead, Edgar Thomson, Duquesne, Irvin, National and Clairton) which, until the collapse in 1982, comprised U.S. Steel's Mon Valley wo... More

Raritan Arsenal, Warehouse M-4, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, Warehouse M-4, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Mi...

Significance: With the entrance of the United States into World War I in 1917, the War Department chose a site on the Raritan River in New Jersey as the U.S. Army's primary base for the storage and transshipmen... More

Raritan Arsenal, Warehouse M-4, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, Warehouse M-4, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Mi...

Significance: With the entrance of the United States into World War I in 1917, the War Department chose a site on the Raritan River in New Jersey as the U.S. Army's primary base for the storage and transshipmen... More

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rolette County, ND

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rol...

Significance: The Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant is significant as the only large-scale, diversified manufacturing facility for the production of jewel bearings in the United States. Jewel bearings were consid... More

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rolette County, ND

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rol...

Significance: The Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant is significant as the only large-scale, diversified manufacturing facility for the production of jewel bearings in the United States. Jewel bearings were consid... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 66, Rodman Avenue between Third & Fourth Streets, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 66, Rodman Avenue between Third & Fo...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Raritan Arsenal, Assembly Plant J1, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, Assembly Plant J1, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown...

Significance: Assembly Plant J1 is significant as a typical industrial building constructed at the Arsenal during World War I. The building is significant as a core structure in the initial development of the m... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Heat Treatment Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Heat Treatment Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 182 through 189). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward inte... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Heat Treatment Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Heat Treatment Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 182 through 189). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward inte... More

Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, Ordinance Administration Shop, U.S. Highway 95, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV

Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, Ordinance Administration Shop, U.S. ...

Significance: The Ordnance Administration Shop, Building No. 329, was built in December 1943 during the tremendous expansion of the Depot during the World War II period. The Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot (N... More

Navy Yard, Building No. 104, Intersection of Tingey Street & Isaac Hull Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Building No. 104, Intersection of Tingey Street & Isaac Hul...

Significance: Building 104 is a contributing property in the Washington Navy Yard National Historic Landmark. The Washington Navy Yard once served as the center for naval ordnance research and production and i... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & Third Streets, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & T...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & Third Streets, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & T...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & Third Streets, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & T...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 104, Rodman Avenue between First & Second Streets, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 104, Rodman Avenue between First & S...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

[Interior view of the tools of production workshop] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

[Interior view of the tools of production workshop] / Constantinople, ...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Interior view of the Tophane Factory] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

[Interior view of the Tophane Factory] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frèr...

English caption: Imperial Ottoman Gun and Small Arms Factories, Small Arms Factory, Turnery. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 11. No. 87. In album: Imperial Gun... More

Old powder house, North Somerville, Massachusetts.

Old powder house, North Somerville, Massachusetts.

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"The girl he left behind" is still behind him--She's a WOW Adolph Treidler

"The girl he left behind" is still behind him--She's a WOW Adolph Trei...

Poster showing a woman ordnance worker, holding wrench, gazing up at a soldier with a rifle in the clouds in the background. Promotional goal: U.S. F34.J7. 1943. Promotional goal: U.S. J44.J2. 1943.

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 102, Rodman Avenue between Gillespie Avenue & First Street, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 102, Rodman Avenue between Gillespie...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Raritan Arsenal, Fire Station, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, Fire Station, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Mid...

Significance: Building 228 is significant as the main fire station at the Raritan Arsenal. Because of the potential fire danger of munitions stored at the installation, it played a critical role in maintaining ... More

Fort Gibson, Powder Magazine, Garrison Avenue, Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, OK

Fort Gibson, Powder Magazine, Garrison Avenue, Fort Gibson, Muskogee C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS OK-34-6 Building/structure dates: ca. 1845 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000631

Navy Yard, Building No. 198, Corner of Sicard Street & Isaac Hull Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Building No. 198, Corner of Sicard Street & Isaac Hull Aven...

Significance: Building 198 is a contributing property in the Washington Navy Yard National Historic Landmark. The Washington Navy Yard once served as the center for naval ordnance research and production and i... More

Munhall Homesteads, Longfellow Drive, Munhall, Allegheny County, PA

Munhall Homesteads, Longfellow Drive, Munhall, Allegheny County, PA

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 110, Rodman Avenue between Fourth Street & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 110, Rodman Avenue between Fourth St...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Raritan Arsenal, Warehouse N-5, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, Warehouse N-5, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Mi...

Significance: The Raritan Arsenal, originally known as the Raritan River Ordnance Base, was established in 1917 in preparation for the United States' entry into World War I. The Arsenal, initially a 2,150 acre ... More

Raritan Arsenal, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County,...

Significance: The Raritan Arsenal, originally known as the Raritan River Ordnance Base, was established in 1917 in preparation for the United States' entry into World War I. The Arsenal, initially a 2,150 acre ... More

Fort Buford, Old Powder Magazine, Buford, Williams County, ND

Fort Buford, Old Powder Magazine, Buford, Williams County, ND

Survey number: HABS ND-4-B Public domain photograph - historical image of North Dakota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 220, Rodman Avenue between Flager & Gronen Streets, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 220, Rodman Avenue between Flager & ...

Significance: During and immediately after World War I, the Ordnance Department erected several buildings on Rodman Avenue, just west of the nineteenth-century, Greek Revival stone shops. To maintain the "gran... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 220, Rodman Avenue between Flager & Gronen Streets, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 220, Rodman Avenue between Flager & ...

Significance: During and immediately after World War I, the Ordnance Department erected several buildings on Rodman Avenue, just west of the nineteenth-century, Greek Revival stone shops. To maintain the "gran... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 60, Rodman Avenue between Gillespie Avenue & First Street, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 60, Rodman Avenue between Gillespie ...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 133, Gillespie Avenue between South Avenue & Ramsey Street, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 133, Gillespie Avenue between South ...

Significance: Situated in a manufacturing area southwest of the Greek Revival stone shops on Rodman Avenue, the Incinerator Buildings was constructed in 1917-1918 as part of an artillery shell production comple... More

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rolette County, ND

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rol...

Significance: The Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant is significant as the only large-scale, diversified manufacturing facility for the production of jewel bearings in the United States. Jewel bearings were consid... More

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rolette County, ND

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rol...

Significance: The Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant is significant as the only large-scale, diversified manufacturing facility for the production of jewel bearings in the United States. Jewel bearings were consid... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 250, Gillespie Avenue between Ramsey Street & South Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 250, Gillespie Avenue between Ramsey...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Raritan Arsenal, Assembly Plant J1, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, Assembly Plant J1, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown...

Significance: Assembly Plant J1 is significant as a typical industrial building constructed at the Arsenal during World War I. The building is significant as a core structure in the initial development of the m... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 108, Rodman Avenue between Third & Fourth Streets, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 108, Rodman Avenue between Third & F...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Significance: Rock Island Arsenal is one of only two "old-line," nineteenth-century arsenals still in operation for munitions production. Established in 1862 as a military storage and repair depot, the arsenal... More

Navy Yard, Building No. 104, Intersection of Tingey Street & Isaac Hull Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Building No. 104, Intersection of Tingey Street & Isaac Hul...

Significance: Building 104 is a contributing property in the Washington Navy Yard National Historic Landmark. The Washington Navy Yard once served as the center for naval ordnance research and production and i... More

Navy Yard, Building No. 104, Intersection of Tingey Street & Isaac Hull Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Building No. 104, Intersection of Tingey Street & Isaac Hul...

Significance: Building 104 is a contributing property in the Washington Navy Yard National Historic Landmark. The Washington Navy Yard once served as the center for naval ordnance research and production and i... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & Third Streets, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & T...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & Third Streets, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & T...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Navy Yard, Building No. 109, Smith Quadrangle, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Building No. 109, Smith Quadrangle, Washington, District of...

Significance: Building 109 is a contributing property in the Washington Navy Yard National Historic Landmark. The Washington Navy Yard once served as the center for naval ordnance research and production and i... More

Making cartridges / from a sketch by Theo. R. Davis.

Making cartridges / from a sketch by Theo. R. Davis.

Print shows women and men working in a cartridge factory. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 21, no. 1085 (1877 October 13), p. 797.

[Interior view of the Tophane Factory] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

[Interior view of the Tophane Factory] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frèr...

English caption: Imperial Ottoman Gun and Small Arms Factories, Gun Factory, South bay. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 14. No. 83. In album: Imperial Gun and ... More

[The Mauser cartridge factory at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The Mauser cartridge factory at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 18. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empir... More

[The powder roller at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The powder roller at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph...

Rolling mills. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 12. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: Th... More

[Interior view of the Tophane Factory] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

[Interior view of the Tophane Factory] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frèr...

English Caption: Imperial Ottoman Gun and Small Arms Factories, Gun factory, Gun finishing section. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 19. No. 88. In album: Imper... More

Britons, shoulder to shoulder. ... Get into the factory line & feed the firing line / Carlton Studio.

Britons, shoulder to shoulder. ... Get into the factory line & feed th...

Poster showing a sailor, a worker, and a soldier. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Sisseton, Powder Magazine, Sisseton, Roberts County, SD

Fort Sisseton, Powder Magazine, Sisseton, Roberts County, SD

Survey number: HABS SD-3 Building/structure dates: 1866-1871 Initial Construction

The Union Metallic Cartridge Co., "Molly Pitcher at Monmouth" / Gilbert Gaul.

The Union Metallic Cartridge Co., "Molly Pitcher at Monmouth" / Gilber...

Print shows Molly Pitcher loading a cannon during the battle at Monmouth. 71991 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption continues: Factory: Bridgeport, Conn., U.S.A. ; Agencies: New York San Francisco.

Raritan Arsenal, Steam Cleaning Shop S-3-B, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, Steam Cleaning Shop S-3-B, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bo...

Significance: Steam Cleaning Shop S-3-B is significant as a support structure in the machine shops complex, which formed the industrial core of the arsenal. Survey number: HABS NJ-1061-F Building/structure da... More

Raritan Arsenal, General Storehouse, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, General Storehouse, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtow...

Significance: Building 12 is significant for its role in the manufacturing activities at Raritan Arsenal. This support structure played a role in the overhaul, repair, service, and maintenance of small arms and... More

Navy Yard, Building No. 197, Tingey Street, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Building No. 197, Tingey Street, Washington, District of Co...

Significance: Building 197 is a contributing property in the Washington Navy Yard National Historic Landmark. The Washington Navy Yard once served as the center for naval ordnance research and production and i... More

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