Disambiguation evidence for United States federal armory (historical) via surface form
"United States federal armory at Harpers Ferry"
As subject (52)
Triples where this entity appears as subject under the
label "United States federal armory at Harpers Ferry".
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| associatedWith | American abolitionist movement ⓘ |
| associatedWith | United States military history ⓘ |
| associatedWith | industrial history of the United States ⓘ |
| attackedBy | John Brown ⓘ |
| attackedBy | John Brown’s abolitionist followers ⓘ |
| attackedIn | October 1859 ⓘ |
| authorizedBy |
George Washington
ⓘ
surface form:
President George Washington
|
| capturedBy | U.S. Marines under Robert E. Lee (1859) ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Harpers Ferry National Historical Park ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1796 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentStatus | ruins and foundations within Harpers Ferry National Historical Park ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | Union forces to prevent Confederate capture (1861) ⓘ |
| destroyedDuring | American Civil War ⓘ |
| disestablished | 1861 ⓘ |
| employed | gunsmiths ⓘ |
| employed | laborers ⓘ |
| employed | skilled machinists ⓘ |
| establishedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of a U.S. National Historical Park ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | early center of American industrialization ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key site in development of interchangeable parts ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | major federal weapons depot before the American Civil War ⓘ |
| instanceOf | United States federal armory ⓘ |
| instanceOf | historical site ⓘ |
| instanceOf | weapons manufacturing facility ⓘ |
| laterDestroyedBy | Confederate forces removing machinery and burning buildings ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Harpers Ferry
|
| locatedIn |
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Virginia (historical)
|
| locatedIn |
West Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
West Virginia (modern)
|
| locatedOn | confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers ⓘ |
| machineryRelocatedTo | Confederate armory at Richmond, Virginia ⓘ |
| notableProduct | Harpers Ferry Model 1803 rifle ⓘ |
| notableProduct | Harpers Ferry Model 1855 rifle-musket ⓘ |
| opened | 1799 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
United States Department of War
ⓘ
surface form:
United States War Department
|
| ownedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| partOf |
United States federal armory (historical)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal armory system
|
| peakEmploymentApprox | 400 to 500 workers ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | manufacture of small arms for the U.S. military ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | storage of federal weapons and munitions ⓘ |
| produced | experimental firearms ⓘ |
| produced | muskets ⓘ |
| produced | rifled muskets ⓘ |
| produced | rifles ⓘ |
| raidObjective | seizure of federal weapons to arm enslaved people ⓘ |
| raidOutcome | failure of John Brown’s insurrection ⓘ |
| roleIn | events leading up to the American Civil War ⓘ |
| sisterFacility | Springfield Armory ⓘ |
| siteOf |
John Brown’s raid of 1859
ⓘ
surface form:
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry
|
| usedTechnology | interchangeable parts manufacturing system ⓘ |
| usedTechnology | water-powered machinery ⓘ |