B&W Photos
HB442485
3/4 View Of S & E Elvations; Looking Nw
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HB442486
3/4 View Of N & W Elevations; Looking Se
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HB442487
Detail View Of Bridge Between Buildings 250 & 251 (ceronie)
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HB442488
General Interior View; Looking W
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HB442489
General Interior View Of W Section Of Building; Looking Nw
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HB442490
Photograph Of A Photograph In Possession Of Rock Island Arsenal Historical Office, South And East Elevations Before Remodeling Of Parapet
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Item Title
LocationGillespie Avenue & Ramsey Street,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER IL-20-V
Building/structure dates:
1918 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1945 subsequent work
National Register Number: 69000057
Significance: Situated in a manufacturing area southwest of the Greek Revival stone shops on Rodman Avenue, the TNT Building was constructed in 1917-1918 as part of an artillery shell production complex. The building's Gothic Revival design mirrored the architectural detailing of the adjacent Artillery Ammunition Assembly Plant (see HAER No. IL-20U). Part of the Rock Island Arsenal National Register Historic District, the TNT Building embodied an equal concern for utilitarian and aesthetic considerations that became increasingly rare during subsequent wartime construction programs.
Subjects
Building DeteriorationArmiesWar (World War I)
Related Names
Westinghouse-Church-Kerr Company Of New York
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. 3/4 view of S & E elvations; looking NW. (Harms)
2. 3/4 view of N & W elevations; looking SE. (Ceronie)
3. Detail view of bridge between buildings 250 & 251 (Ceronie)
4. General interior view; looking W. (Harms)
5. General interior view of W section of building; looking NW. (Ceronie)
6. Photograph of a photograph in possession of Rock Island Arsenal Historical Office, SOUTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS BEFORE REMODELING OF PARAPET. DATED MARCH 8, 1945.
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