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In 1926 the Schuylkill Arsenal was renamed the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot. The original site at Grays Ferry Avenue and Washington Avenue was closed and the site was razed in 1963. The functions of the Quartermaster Depot were all moved to West Oregon Avenue & South 22nd Street
Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge is a wrought iron, two-track, deck truss swing bridge across the Schuylkill River between the University City and Grays Ferry neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1885–86 by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Today, its swing span has been fixed shut, and the electrical catenary de-energized.
Philadelphia's Schuylkill Arsenal was the US Army's main source for uniforms. Hundreds of workers in Philadelphia made parts of the uniforms in their homes to be assembled at the arsenal. [ 13 ] The Frankford Arsenal manufactured munitions and the Sharp and Rankin's factory-made breech-loading rifles.
August 6, 1975. The Marine Corps Supply Activity, also known as the Quartermaster's Depot, U.S. Marine Corps, is an historic, American office building and warehouse in the Point Breeze neighborhood of South Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [ 1]
Opened in 1816 on 20 acres (8.1 ha) of land purchased by President James Madison, it was the center of U.S. military small-arms ammunition design and development until its closure in 1977. Among the many other products manufactured at the arsenal were fire-control and range-finding instruments, and gauges for these components.
At Arsenal Interlocking, on the west side of the Schuylkill, a branch runs southwest alongside Amtrak's Northeast Corridor to a junction with the Philadelphia Subdivision near Lindbergh Boulevard. The main line heads north from Arsenal, rises onto the elevated structure, and crosses to the west side of the Northeast Corridor.
The Schuylkill Expressway (/ ˈskuːkəl / SKOO-kəl), [2] locally known as " the Schuylkill ", is a freeway through southern Montgomery County and Philadelphia. It is the easternmost segment of Interstate 76 (I-76) in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It extends from the Valley Forge interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in King of Prussia ...
Philadelphia duo engaged in sexual activity before car rolled into Schuylkill River: police. Greg Wehner. August 29, 2024 at 6:11 PM. A man and woman engaging in hanky-panky inside a vehicle were ...