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Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 301, Southeast corner of Hagner Road & Thomas Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 301, Southeast corner of Hagner Road & Thomas Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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Summary

Significance: Building 301 was constructed as the principal power plant for Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's main supplier of ammunition throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The building provided steam and heat to buildings throughout the arsenal.
Survey number: HAER PA-74-P
Building/structure dates: 1921 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1940 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1945 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1967 Subsequent Work

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
O'Bannon, Patrick W, historian
John Milner, Associates, historian
Ransom, Christopher, photographer
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Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States39.94456, -75.23373
Google Map of 39.9445551, -75.23373289999999
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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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