E. Remington & Sons armory
Armory, Ilion, New York.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Armory
- Where
- Ilion, New York
- Years
- 1861-1865
REMINGTON ARMORY
E. Remington & Sons made percussion revolvers in .36 Navy and .44 Army calibers from 1861. By the end of March 1862 the Army had taken 7,250 .36-caliber and 850 .44-caliber revolvers, and large government orders followed the Colt factory fire of 1864.
Then
Made the Remington-Beals and New Model percussion revolvers in .36 Navy and .44 Army calibers, in wide-scale production from 1861. Samuel Remington offered them to the government at $15 each in the fall of 1861, and by the end of March 1862 the Army had taken 7,250 .36-caliber and 850 .44-caliber revolvers. Large government orders followed the Colt factory fire of 1864.
Now
The Remington factory, a 1 million square-foot plant on the site the company has used since 1828, has closed, and the property was sold to a developer.
Lines owned by CSX run through Ilion today.
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