Charlestown Arsenal: Difference between revisions
John Stanton (talk | contribs) m Text replace - "<seo metadescription="Historic US and Canadian fortifications" /> " to "<seo metadescription="Historic US and Canadian fortifications" /> {| style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto" width="800px" |- | " |
Bill Thayer (talk | contribs) m Text replace - "== ReplaceText History ==" to "== History ==" |
||
| (3 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{SocialNetworks}} | {{SocialNetworks}} | ||
{{PageHeader}} | {{PageHeader}} | ||
| Line 12: | Line 11: | ||
|} | |} | ||
--> | --> | ||
== | == History == | ||
Established in 1794 by an Act of Congress near present day Charlestown in Boston, Massachusetts. Established to supply weapons and ammunition to the U.S. Army and organized militia in the New England area. The Army abandoned the Charlestown Arsenal at the end of the [[War of 1812]] and the Navy at the Charleston Navy Yard at Charlestown took it over. The Army built a new [[Watertown Arsenal]] at nearby Watertown between 1816 and 1819. | Established in 1794 by an Act of Congress near present day Charlestown in Boston, Massachusetts. Established to supply weapons and ammunition to the U.S. Army and organized militia in the New England area. The Army abandoned the Charlestown Arsenal at the end of the [[War of 1812]] and the Navy at the Charleston Navy Yard at Charlestown took it over. The Army built a new [[Watertown Arsenal]] at nearby Watertown between 1816 and 1819. | ||
| Line 21: | Line 20: | ||
{| | {| | ||
| | | | ||
<googlemap version="0.9" lat="42.37397" lon="-71.05539" zoom="15" width="500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large" icons="http://www.fortwiki.com/mapicons/icon{label}.png"> | <googlemap version="0.9" lat="42.37397" lon="-71.05539" zoom="15" width="-500" height="-500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large" icons="http://www.fortwiki.com/mapicons/icon{label}.png"> | ||
(A) 42.37397, -71.05539, Charlestown Arsenal | (A) 42.37397, -71.05539, Charlestown Arsenal | ||
(1794-1816) | (1794-1816) | ||
Latest revision as of 07:01, 23 September 2021
|
Charlestown Arsenal (1794-1816) - A U.S. Army Arsenal first established in 1794 by Act of Congress in Charlestown (now a neighborhood of Boston), Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Named after the location. Abandoned as an arsenal about 1816. HistoryEstablished in 1794 by an Act of Congress near present day Charlestown in Boston, Massachusetts. Established to supply weapons and ammunition to the U.S. Army and organized militia in the New England area. The Army abandoned the Charlestown Arsenal at the end of the War of 1812 and the Navy at the Charleston Navy Yard at Charlestown took it over. The Army built a new Watertown Arsenal at nearby Watertown between 1816 and 1819. Deactivated about 1816. Current StatusUnknown.
Sources:
Links: Visited: No |