B&W Photos
HB442415
S (front) Elevation; Shop H (building 66) Is At The Left Of The View And Shop K (building 68) Is At The Right.
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HB442416
Second-floor Locker Room, Showing Original Heating System; Looking Nw.
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HB442417
General View Of Attic And Truss System; Looking Ese.
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HB442418
Photograph Of A Photograph In Possession Of Rock Island Arsenal Historical Office
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HB442419
Photograph Of A Photograph In Possession Of Rock Island Arsenal Historical Office
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Data Pages
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Item Title
LocationRodman Avenue & Fourth Street,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER IL-20-R
Building/structure dates:
1918 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1947 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1979 subsequent work
National Register Number: 69000057
Significance: Although Rock Island was designated an ordnance manufacturing installation during the Civil War, it was not until World War I that all of the stone Greek Revival shops on Rodman Avenue were fully outfitted with production machinery. To facilitate material handling between the shops, the arsenal command in 1917-1918 authorized the construction of four connecting links that matched the architectural detailing of the older buildings. The H-K Connection joined Shops H and K (see HAER Nos. IL-20D, IL-20E). Part of the Rock Island Arsenal National Register Historic District, the building embodied an equal concern for utilitarian and aesthetic considerations that became increasingly rare during subsequent wartime construction programs.
Subjects
ArmiesWar (World War I)War (World War II)
Related Names
Stone & Webster Company Of Boston
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. S (front) elevation; Shop H (Building 66) is at the left of the view and Shop K (Building 68) is at the right.
2. Second-floor locker room, showing original heating system; looking NW.
3. General view of attic and truss system; looking ESE.
4. Photograph of a photograph in possession of Rock Island Arsenal Historical Office. NORTH ELEVATION BEFORE REPLACEMENT OF STEEL SASH WITH CONCRETE BLOCK. DATED NOVEMBER 11, 1944.
5. Photograph of a photograph in possession of Rock Island Arsenal Historical Office. INTERIOR AFTER REMODELING INTO OFFICE SPACE. DATED FEBRUARY 13, 1943.
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