U.S. Quartermaster Depot

U.S. Quartermaster Depot. . Located on 10th Street, the Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot was built 1871-74 on land donated by the city to the Federal government., It served from the Indian Wars of the 1870s through the Korean War and made many contributions to America, including the Phillips Pack Saddle, the Army stove, a wooden pallet for use with forklifts, illustrated mechanical drawing, a fastener for use with piggyback railroad cars, and many other inventions and creations., The Jeffersonville Depot was the only one to function as a manufactory, storage facility, shipping, and scientific experimental facility. It was closed in 1957., In 2006, the Quartermaster was renovated and now houses City Hall and many other businesses., Image 1 , Aerial View, 1958, Image 2 , Group of women workers outside of the Quartermaster, 1917. This particular group, from the Fall Cities, helped produce 8,500,000 shirts for the depot during the first world war. This was the largest shirt manufacturer in the world at this time., Image 3 , Quartermaster work force fastening belt buckles in 1942.