Fort Mifflin, Powder Magazine, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey

3 drawings
13 b&w photos
9 data pages

TITLE:
Fort Mifflin, Powder Magazine, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

CALL NUMBER:
HABS PA,51-PHILA,111G-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 3 (18 x 24 in.)
Photo(s): 13 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 8 plus cover page

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HABS PA-1225-G

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-141).

Building/structure dates: 1866 initial construction

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000554

Significance: The earth-covered west magazine, built about 1866, contains fine example of brick barrel vaulting.

SUBJECTS:
PENNSYLVANIA--Philadelphia County--Philadelphia
forts & fortifications
galleries & museums
magazines (military buildings)

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.pa0689

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. Historic American Buildings Survey, George A. Eisenman, Photographer, 1969 NORTHEAST VIEW OF ENTRANCE, WEST MAGAZINE, ENCEINTE.
2. Historic American Buildings Survey, George A. Eisenman, Photographer, 1969 ENTRANCE CORRIDOR SHOWING GROIN VAULT AT END OF OUTER PASSAGE, WEST MAGAZINE, ENCEINTE.
3. Historic American Buildings Survey, George A. Eisenman, Photographer, 1969 ENTRANCE CORRIDOR, INNER PASSAGE TO VAULT, WEST MAGAZINE, ENCEINTE.
4. Historic American Buildings Survey, George A. Eisenman, Photographer, 1969 NORTHEAST VIEW OF VAULT SHOWING INNER PASSAGE DOORWAY, WEST MAGAZINE, ENCEINTE.
5. Historic American Buildings Survey, George A. Eisenman, Photographer, 1969 SOUTHWEST VIEW OF VAULT, WEST MAGAZINE, ENCEINTE.
6. Historic American Buildings Survey, George A. Eisenman, Photographer, 1969 EAST VIEW OF ENTRANCE, EAST MAGAZINE, ENCEINTE.
7. Historic American Buildings Survey, George A. Eisenman, Photographer, 1969 WEST VIEW OF VAULT SHOWING DOORWAY TO ENTRANCE PASSAGE, EAST MAGAZINE, ENCEINTE.
8. Historic American Buildings Survey, George A. Eisenman, Photographer, 1969 EAST VIEW OF ENTRANCE TO UNDERGROUND DEMILUNE MAGAZINE.
9. Historic American Buildings Survey, George A. Eisenman, Photographer, 1969 NORTH ELEVATION OF DEMILUNE MAGAZINE.
10. Historic American Buildings Survey, George A. Eisenman, Photographer, 1969 DETAIL OF VENT, ABOVE GROUND DEMILUNE MAGAZINE.
11. Historic American Buildings Survey, George A. Eisenman, Photographer, 1969 SOUTHWEST INTERIOR VIEW OF THE ABOVE GROUND DEMILUNE MAGAZINE.
12. Historic American Buildings Survey, George A. Eisenman, Photographer, 1969 INTERIOR VIEW OF UNDERGROUND REDOUBT MAGAZINE.
13. Historic American Buildings Survey, George A. Eisenman, Photographer, 1969 DETAIL VIEW OF ENTRANCE OF UNDERGROUND REDOUBT MAGAZINE.

CONTROL #:
PA0689

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