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Frankford Arsenal
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Aerial view to the northeast (1978)
LocationTacony and Bridge Streets,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates40°00′28″N 75°04′05″W / 40.00778°N 75.06806°W / 40.00778; -75.06806
Area99.4 acres (40.2 ha)
Built1816
NRHP reference No.72001153[1]
100001935 (decrease)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 16, 1972
Boundary decreaseDecember 28, 2017

The Frankford Arsenal is a former United States Army ammunition plant located adjacent to the Bridesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, north of the original course of Frankford Creek.[2]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ Means, Mary C. (1971). "Frankford Arsenal" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form and Addenda. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 26, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2014.

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