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Item Title
Benicia Arsenal, Storehouses & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA
LocationStorehouses & Engine House,
Benicia, CA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CA-1946
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-135).
Building/structure dates:
1855 initial construction
Significance: Constructed of locally quarried sandstone, these three permanent buildings at the Benicia Arsenal. The storehouses were commonly known as Camel Barns, because they were supposed to have been used briefly in 1864 to house a herd of camels which the U.S. Government had attempted to introduce for military use in the American southwest.
Related Names
Wool, Gen. Major
McLeneghan, Samuel
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. NORTH SIDE AND WEST FRONT OF SOUTH STOREHOUSE
2. WEST FRONT OF ENGINE HOUSE
3. WEST FRONT AND SOUTH SIDE OF NORTH STOREHOUSE
4. DETAIL, SECOND-FLOOR DOORWAY ON SOUTH SIDE OF NORTH STOREHOUSE
5. SECOND FLOOR OF NORTH STOREHOUSE
6. DETAIL OF WINDLASS, NORTH STOREHOUSE
7. Photocopy of photograph (from Benicia Arsenal) U.S. Army Photographer Date unknown SOUTH AND EAST SIDES
8. Photocopy of architectural drawing (from National Archives, Cartographic Division, Record Group 156, Folder 3) Delineator unknown, 1855 'PLAN AND ELEVATIONS OF AN ENGINE HOUSE' INCLUDING SECTION OF CISTERN
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