Harpers Ferry Armory
1798 - Heritage site
Overview
Second national armory, at the meeting of the Potomac and Shenandoah, where John Hall pioneered interchangeable rifle parts in the 1820s. John Brown raided the fire engine house in 1859, striking the spark of the Civil War that burned the works in 1861.
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