Springfield Armory
Armory, Springfield, Massachusetts.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Armory
- Where
- Springfield, Massachusetts
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Museum
SPRINGFIELD ARMORY
The first federal armory and the Union's main maker of military firearms. After the destruction of Harpers Ferry it was briefly the only government manufacturer of arms. Output rose from 9,601 rifles in 1860 to 276,200 in 1864.
Then
The first federal armory and the Union's main maker of military firearms. After the destruction of the Harpers Ferry Armory early in the war it was briefly the only government manufacturer of arms, and output rose from 9,601 rifles in 1860 to 276,200 in 1864.
It ran through the whole war. In 1865 Master Armorer Erskine Allin introduced the Allin Conversion, which turned muzzleloaders into breechloaders.
Now
Museum
The armory closed in 1968. The core site is Springfield Armory National Historic Site, run by the National Park Service, with the Main Arsenal housing the armory museum and its collection of historic American firearms.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by CSX, about 0.4 miles away.
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