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Revision as of 15:53, 3 May 2012
Watervliet Arsenal (1813-Present) - The Watervliet Arsenal was founded in 1813 during the War of 1812 and has been manufacturing guns for America's defense ever since. In 1887, the arsenal became America's "Cannon Factory." It is the only U.S. Army manufacturing facility for large caliber cannon in volume. (Watervliet is pronounced water-vuh-leet)
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Location: On the Hudson River, just a few miles north of the New York State Capital at Albany.
Lat: 42.719194 Long: -73.706717 |
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Visited: 3 May 2012
Museum
Open to the public 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday through Thursday (closed Friday and Saturday and all federal holidays)