Watertown Arsenal

description - Starak Der Boghosian, Supervisor of the X-ray facility, shown here operating the 2 subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.),; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S..; ) Materials Technology Laboratory.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; Der Boghosian, Starak ,; relation - Identifier - figure 2915

description - (Drawing) Birds-eye artist's view of the Arsenal grounds, circa 1862, looking south and east. The drawing is attributed to Lieutenant J.P. Farley. The quadrangle is easily identified and north of the North Storehouse, is the temporary smith shop used… subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory; . U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; Map Watertown Arsenal.; relation - Identifier - figure 2914

description - Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (AMMRC) develops new lightweight composite materials for new applications such as auto body panels and drive shafts in 1984. The troops used the new technology to test in practice the theories and… subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; relation - Identifier - figure 2912

description - Shows the tracks so that equipment and manufactured armaments could be moved through the building. subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; relation - Identifier - figure 2911

description - Painting of what workers would have looked like during the Civil War. As activity increased, additional employees were added, including women. In 1861, there were 300 employees of which 70 were women and by the following year the number had increased… subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; Harper's Weekly --July 20, 1861.; relation - Identifier - figure 2617

description - Fence and street signs inside Arsenal showing the intersection of Talcott Avenue and Wainwright Road . Capt. George Talcott was Commanding Officer, September 23, 1816 to July 9, 1920. Capt. George Talcott, Jr., enlisted in the Third Co. soon after… subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; Wainwright, Robert Auchmuty -- d.1866. Talcott, George --1787-1862.; relation - Identifier - figure 2539

description - Found on the exterior wall of one of the buildings at the Watertown Arsenal. Crossed cannons with the cannon ball balanced at the top and all are surrounded by the artillery belt (buckle on the bottom). Each U.S. Arsenal had its own medallion. subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; relation - Identifier - figure 2536

description - Wire wound gun machinery designed by Edward Burke. The makers of the wire-wound cannon claim for it a positive soundness of material impossible to secure in a built-up gun, and that it has greater firmness of material and superior tangential… subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; Wire wound gun machinery,; Burke, Edward.; relation - Identifier - figure 2424

description - Wire wound gun machinery designed by Edward Burke. A gun in the construction of which an inner tube (either entire or in segments) is wound with wire under tension to insure greater soundness and uniformity of resistance. subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office,; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; Wire wound gun machinery.; relation - Identifier - figure 2423

description - October 30, 1941 First row left to right:, Lt. Col. A Voysey, Lt. Col. G.S. Kennedy, Col. J. Mather, Brig. Gen. R.W. Case, Lt. Col. S.B. Ritchie, Lt. Col. W.J. Henry, Major G.L. Cox, Second Row, left to right:, Capt. D.E. Breakfield, Capt. D.H.… subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; Case, Commanding General, Brigadier General R.W.; Voysey, Lt. Col.… relation - Identifier - figure 2349

description - Lt.Col. Theodore T.S. Laidley (Watertown Commanding Officer, April 11, 1871 to November 28, 1882) is shown with President Lincoln like outfit as he perches on the Rodman gun at Fort Monroe, Virginia sometime between 1868-1870.Laidley, assisted by… subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; Rodman gun.; Fort Monroe, Virginia.; Laidley, Theodore Thaddeus… relation - Identifier - figure 2088

description - This machine was built by the Ames Manufacturing Company in Chicopee Falls under the personal supervision of A. H. Emery. It is equally adapted to the testing of the strength of an iron bar 30 ft. long and 5 inches in diameter and of the finest wire… subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory; . U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; Emery Testing Machine.; relation - Identifier - figure 2086

description - Greek Revival building surrounded by old cannons and materials in barrels. Building is in disrepair - hole in window, no front staircase etc. This is a one story laboratory erected in 1842 for the cost of $970. Probably the only use of a full-blown… subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; Building, Greek revival.; relation - Identifier - figure 2065

description - Barracks/Officers' Club, 1905. In 1905 A.B. Murdough, a Watertown contractor and builder, completed Building 121 which was the barracks for seventy-five men. The two story brick and wooden structure is 122 feet by 45 feet and originally cost $37,500.… subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory; . U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; U.S. officers barracks.; relation - Identifier - figure 2059

description - Women working at the Arsenal during WWI. subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; WWI female workforce.; relation - Identifier - figure 2057

description - North Storehouse, built 1816, is part of the original quadrangle. The freestone panel is probably made of Longmeadow red sandstone. On some maps this building is referred to as Building 212. subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory; . relation - Identifier - figure 2051

description - West Lumber Storehouse, built 1851 for $13,721, was also known as Building 27. It corresponded in size and appearance to an earlier storehouse. It was based on the design of a much bigger building at the Springfield Armory. It has full story arcades… subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S..).; Materials Technology Laboratory.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; relation - Identifier - figure 2049

description - Edward F. Burke is standing, top right. Workmen around a large gun barrel suspended from the ceiling. subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S..).; Materials Technology Laboratory; . U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; Burke, Edward F.; relation - Identifier - figure 1445

description - Drawing of the Watertown Arsenal complex. Interior view published in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; relation - Identifier - figure 132

description - Duplicate of figure 6035 Line # 47 subject - Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; relation - Identifier - figure 6043