Columbus Arsenal
Arsenal, Columbus, Ohio.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Arsenal
- Where
- Columbus, Ohio
- Years
- 1864-1865
- Today
- Built over
COLUMBUS ARSENAL
Built from 1864 by Captain T. C. Bradford on a new rail spur northeast of the city. In May 1864 it issued 5,000 Enfield rifles to Ohio's short-term enlistees and shipped two million rifle cartridges to other arsenals. After the war it took in the arms of Ohio regiments.
Then
Congress authorized the arsenal on July 11, 1862, and Captain T. C. Bradford built it from 1864 on a new rail spur northeast of the city. In May 1864 it issued 10,000 sets of equipment and 5,000 Enfield rifles to Ohio's short-term enlistees, held enough arms for 30,000 men, and shipped two million rifle cartridges, 400 percussion artillery shells and 600 shells for 3-inch guns to other arsenals.
After the war it took in the arms of Ohio regiments being mustered out, repaired turned-in Springfield and Enfield rifle muskets, and by the winter of 1865 held four million cartridges and 10,000 Spencer carbines.
Now
Built over
Renamed Fort Hayes in 1922. Since 2007 the property has served mainly as the Columbus schools' Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center and bus depot.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by CSX, about 0.3 miles away.