Antique Frankford Arsenal 7mm Ammunition Crate Dtd 1901 WoodenLength 22\" X Width 12 1/2\" X Height 7\"
This is a great and rare antique primitive ammunition crate. It is wood and dated 12/3/1901. This was meant to house 7mm shells and is marked Frankford Arsenal. The Frankford ArsenalOpened in 1816 on 20 acres (8.1ha) of land purchased by PresidentJames Madison, it was the center ofU.S. militarysmall-armsammunition design and development until its closure in 1977. Among the many other products manufactured at the arsenal and gauges for these components.
With the outbreak of theCivil War, thearsenal\'s commander,Josiah Gorgas, resigned and joined theConfederate States Armyin deference to the wishes of hisAlabama-born wife and reporting to the Confederate capital in Richmond with a large supply of U.S. Army guns and ammunition. By the end of the war, the arsenal employed over 1,000 workers. It served as a major site for the storage of weapons andartillerypieces, a depot for the repair of artillery,cavalryandinfantryequipment, repair and cleaning of small arms andharnesses, the manufacture of percussion powder andMinié balls, and the testing of new forms ofgunpowderandtime fuses. During theGettysburg Campaign, the arsenal provided tens of thousands ofmusketsand vast supplies of ammunition forPennsylvania\'s \"Emergency Militia\" regiments. Among the innovations extensively tested at the Arsenal was theGatling Gun, an early form ofmachine gunthat saw extensive service in theIndian Wars.
DuringWorld War IandWorld War II, the arsenal was again busy with supplying the war efforts, providing a major source of jobs and income for the region. At times, employment reached 22,000.
The Frankford Arsenal was an entity unto itself, a virtual city within a city, and contained everything from its own police and fire departments, Buildings and Grounds, dining halls, as well as everything from maintenance and motor pool, to a complete medical facility. The Arsenal was part of the U.S. Arsenal System-dedicated military establishments spread throughout the country to perform specific military missions for the Government.
From the beginning, the Frankford Arsenal was involved in the design and manufacture of munitions. As military weapons became more complex, the Center\'s role expanded to cover the development of a whole range of the Army\'s more advanced weapon systems. The Arsenal contained the world-famous Pitman-Dunn Laboratories along with a number of other R&D departments. Arsenal scientists and engineers designed and developed everything from basic materials to LASER guided ballistics, all produced entirely in-house from the concept phase to the fielding of the equipment. New portable and imbedded computer applications saw the development of the LASER rangefinder, fielded artillery computational machines (FADAC) and radar systems. During the Vietnam War, experiments incaseless ammunition, far-infrared low-light-level technologies, and advanced LASER applications were under development.
I\'ve included the history of the arsenal for you here which is a very historic sight in American Military History
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