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Photographer: Howard C. Ohlhous
Taken: June 8, 2010
Caption: The Springfield Armory Main Arsenal Building
Additional Description: Springfield Armory National Historic Site preserves a facility significant to both the production of military small arms and the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. In 1777, General George Washington chose the small village of Springfield as the site of the first United States arsenal to keep weapons and ammunition safe from the British. Over the next 190 years, the armory grew into one of the most important facilities for the production of military small arms in the world. In 1968, Springfield Armory was closed in a cost-saving effort resulting in U.S. military reliance on private contractors ever since.
Submitted: June 10, 2010, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p112460
File Size: 1.530 Megabytes

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