File:AlleghenyArsenalPowderMagazine.jpg

Summary

Picture of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_Arsenal_Powder_Magazine" class="extiw" title="en:Allegheny Arsenal Powder Magazine">Allegheny Arsenal Powder Magazine</a>, part of the former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_Arsenal" class="extiw" title="en:Allegheny Arsenal">Allegheny Arsenal</a> in Arsenal Park, in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Lawrenceville" class="extiw" title="en:Central Lawrenceville">Central Lawrenceville</a> neighborhood of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="extiw" title="en:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>, on September 23, 2010. This powder magazine was built in 1814, and designed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Henry_Latrobe" class="extiw" title="en:Benjamin Henry Latrobe">Benjamin Henry Latrobe</a>. It may be the only original portion of the former arsenal that still remains standing and intact.

Visible on the powder magazine in this picture is the Arsenal Tablet, which shows <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Artillery_Branch_(United_States)" class="extiw" title="en:Field Artillery Branch (United States)">two crossed cannons</a> with ten cannonballs. There are seventeen stars around them representing the original states plus the four that had been added by 1814. The tablet says, "US - April 1814", and underneath the two crossed cannons it says, "A. R. W.", which stands for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abram_R._Woolley" class="extiw" title="en:Abram R. Woolley">Abram R. Woolley</a>, the first commander of the Allegheny Arsenal.

On another part of the powder magazine, there's a sign that says, "Allegheny Arsenal - Lawrenceville - Designed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Henry_Latrobe" class="extiw" title="en:Benjamin Henry Latrobe">Benjamin H. Latrobe</a>; built by Captain <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abram_R._Woolley" class="extiw" title="en:Abram R. Woolley">Abram R. Woolley</a> on land purchased by the federal government from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barclay_Foster" class="extiw" title="en:William Barclay Foster">William B. Foster</a>. Served as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenal" class="extiw" title="en:Arsenal">ammunition production</a> center during Indian, Mexican and Civil Wars. This tablet commemorates at least 79 civilian workers - men, women and many children - killed in three mysterious explosions, September 17, 1862." In smaller letters underneath that, it says, "Erected by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Society_of_Western_Pennsylvania" class="extiw" title="en:Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania">Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania</a> for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_of_Foreign_Wars" class="extiw" title="en:Veterans of Foreign Wars">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; Arsenal Post No. 897, through a gift from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pittsburgh_Foundation" class="extiw" title="en:The Pittsburgh Foundation">The Pittsburgh Foundation</a>. July 4, 1965".

Also, there's a sign near the middle portion of the powder magazine that says, "Erected by the Dolly Madison Chapter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Society_United_States_Daughters_of_1812" class="extiw" title="en:National Society United States Daughters of 1812">U.S. Daughters of 1812</a> to the soldiers and sailors of the War of 1812. 1909".

A historical marker nearby (on the sidewalk along 40th Street) says, "Allegheny Arsenal - Designed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Henry_Latrobe" class="extiw" title="en:Benjamin Henry Latrobe">Benjamin H. Latrobe</a> and constructed in 1814. The Arsenal was used as a military garrison in the manufacture and storing of supplies during the Civil War, Indian Wars, and Spanish-American War. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Historical_and_Museum_Commission" class="extiw" title="en:Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission">Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission</a>."

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_Arsenal" class="extiw" title="en:Allegheny Arsenal">Allegheny Arsenal</a> is on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_City_of_Pittsburgh_historic_designations" class="extiw" title="en:List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations">List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations</a>, and the powder magazine is listed individually on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pittsburgh_History_and_Landmarks_Foundation_Historic_Landmarks" class="extiw" title="en:List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks">List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks</a>.

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