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Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 227, South side of Hagner Road between Ripley & Mellon Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 227, South side of Hagner Road between Ripley & Mellon Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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Summary

Significance: Building 227, constructed in 1941 as a blank ammunition loading plant, is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal, the United States' principal manufacturer of small arms ammunition during World War II.
Survey number: HAER PA-74-Y
Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1944 Subsequent Work

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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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Source

Library of Congress
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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

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