Watervliet Arsenal
Arsenal, Watervliet, New York.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Arsenal
- Where
- Watervliet, New York
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Industry today
WATERVLIET ARSENAL
Army arsenal on the west bank of the Hudson River opposite Troy, founded in 1813. During the Civil War it employed about 2,000 people, about a fourth of them children, and used up to 10,000 pounds of lead a day.
Then
An Army arsenal on the west bank of the Hudson River opposite Troy, founded in 1813. During the Civil War it employed about 2,000 people, about a fourth of them children, and used up to 10,000 pounds of lead a day.
After the war it went back to storing arms.
Now
Industry today
Still an active Army arsenal, the oldest continuously active in the country, making cannon, mortar and tank gun tubes. It has been a National Historic Landmark since 1966.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by CPKC, about 0.4 miles away.
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