Watertown Arsenal
Arsenal, Watertown, Massachusetts.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Arsenal
- Where
- Watertown, Massachusetts
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Built over
WATERTOWN ARSENAL
Army arsenal on the Charles River. During the war it greatly expanded to build field and coastal gun carriages, and a large machine shop and smith shop went up as modern factories. Thomas J. Rodman, inventor of the Rodman gun, was its commander.
Then
An Army arsenal on the Charles River. During the war it greatly expanded to build field and coastal gun carriages, and a large machine shop and smith shop went up as modern factories.
Commander Thomas J. Rodman, inventor of the Rodman gun, built a 12,700 square foot commander's quarters during the war at a cost of $63,478.65, which drew a rebuke from Congress.
Now
Built over
The Army left the site in 1995. It now holds a park, restaurants and mixed-use offices, and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by a smaller railroad, about 0.3 miles away.
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