History of the Lower Hall Island and the U.S. Rifle Factory, 1842-1885, A Physical History, Volume II
Snell CW. 1981. History of the Lower Hall Island and the U.S. Rifle Factory, 1842-1885, A Physical History, Volume II. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Denver Service Center, Denver, Colorado
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park preserves historic resources and commemorates the historic events that occurred at and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The park consists of portions of the Lower Town, the former Storer College campus, landscapes associated with the national historical park’s Civil War significance, and lands preserving the historic viewshed down the Potomac River. The purpose of this study is to bring together all available documentary evidence relating to the physical history and use of the Lower Hall Island from 1842 to 1885. This volume completes the study of Data presented in this study should facilitate the island from 1751 to 1885. Archeological investigation of the U.S. Rifle Factory of the 1842-1861 period, the second U.S. Armory arms plant to stand on the Lower Hall Island.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Snell, Charles
- Date of Issue
- 1981-04
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- HAFE , NCR
- Keywords
- Civil War, Factory, Hall Island, Lower Hall Island, Rifle Factory, Upper Hall Island
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 000570: Lower Town; Shenandoah Street , CRIS-HS: 101367: Shenandoah City; Lake Quigley Headgates , CRIS-HS: 045469: Virginius Island; Lake Quigley Retaining Wall , CRIS-HS: 012892: Virginius Island; Shenandoah Pulp Company