Disambiguation evidence for United States federal armory (historical) via surface form

"United States federal armory at Harpers Ferry"


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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