Whitneyville Armory
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Whitneyville Armory was a 19th-century firearms manufacturing facility in Whitneyville, Connecticut, founded by inventor Eli Whitney and known for pioneering the use of interchangeable parts in gun production.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armory
ⓘ
firearms manufacturing facility ⓘ industrial site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | early industrial mill complex ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Eli Whitney
ⓘ
surface form:
Eli Whitney Jr.
|
| category |
Firearm manufacturers of the United States
ⓘ
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut ⓘ Industrial buildings and structures in Connecticut ⓘ |
| centuryOfMainActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| contractType | U.S. military arms contracts ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem |
WGS84
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surface form:
World Geodetic System 1984
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedBy | Eli Whitney ⓘ |
| founder | Eli Whitney ⓘ |
| hasPart |
factory buildings
ⓘ
water-powered works ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Industrial Revolution ⓘ |
| inception | 1798 ⓘ |
| industry | firearms manufacturing ⓘ |
| influenced |
later U.S. armories such as Springfield Armory
ⓘ
modern mass production methods ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Connecticut
ⓘ
Hamden, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ New Haven County ⓘ
surface form:
New Haven County, Connecticut
Whitneyville, Connecticut ⓘ |
| locatedInNeighborhood | Whitneyville neighborhood of Hamden ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Eli Whitney ⓘ |
| nearby |
Mill River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early use of mass production techniques
ⓘ
pioneering interchangeable parts in gun production ⓘ |
| NRHPLocation | Hamden, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NRHPType | historic industrial complex ⓘ |
| partOf | American System of Manufacturing ⓘ |
| poweredBy | Mill River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product |
muskets
ⓘ
rifles ⓘ small arms ⓘ |
| servedClient |
United States Department of War
ⓘ
surface form:
United States War Department
United States government ⓘ |
| significantEvent | development of standardized gun parts ⓘ |
| usedManufacturingProcess |
division of labor
ⓘ
interchangeable parts system ⓘ machine tooling ⓘ |
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