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Currently, it& #39;s a town of 2,400 people about 12 miles from Philadelphia, PA.
During World War I, it was the home of the largest rifle factory in the world, where nearly 2 million rifles were made. A look at Eddystone Arsenal in the archives (thread) https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/images/Pennsylvania/EDDYSTONE_M1917_WOODWORKING_BLDG_illustrated2.pdf">https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/images/Pe...
During World War I, it was the home of the largest rifle factory in the world, where nearly 2 million rifles were made. A look at Eddystone Arsenal in the archives (thread) https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/images/Pennsylvania/EDDYSTONE_M1917_WOODWORKING_BLDG_illustrated2.pdf">https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/images/Pe...
A Model 1917 rifle made in Eddystone (from @NRA_museums): http://www.nramuseum.org/guns/the-galleries/world-war-i-and-firearms-innovation/case-32-wwi-america-and-the-allies/us-eddystone-model-1917-bolt-action-rifle.aspx">https://www.nramuseum.org/guns/the-...
The rifle and its many parts: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55175442 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/551754...
Crowd leaving through one of the many gates of the plant: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55175426 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/551754...
Crowd leaving through one of the many gates of Midvale Steel & Ordnance Co.: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55175436 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/551754...
Rolling the barrel: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55175456 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/551754...
Line of barrel straightening machines: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55175418 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/551754...
Cases of barrels with milling machines in background: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55175428 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/551754...
Heating receivers for temper: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55175452 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/551754...
Small electrical truck loaded with receivers: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55175438 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/551754...
Turning lathe at work on stocks: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55175430 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/551754...
Shaving gun stocks: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55175432 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/551754...
A line of polishing machines: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55175448 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/551754...
Woman broaching key seat in front sight carrier for rifle: https://www.loc.gov/item/92522615/ ">https://www.loc.gov/item/9252...
Milling primers: https://www.loc.gov/item/2016645648/">https://www.loc.gov/item/2016...
Profiling extractors: https://www.loc.gov/item/2002716625/">https://www.loc.gov/item/2002...
Testing guns in indoor rifle range: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55175446 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/551754...
Dipping gun stocks in oil to preserve them: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55175440 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/551754...
Dipping rifles in oil before shipping: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55175422 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/551754...
United States officers inspecting rifles: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55175424 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/551754...
Secretary of the Navy, Daniels attended the ceremonies which marked the delivery of one million rifles to the Government within a year by the Midvale Steel Company, Eddystone, PA. Secretary Daniels is shown with a few of the women workers in the plant: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/45535026 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/455350...
"In April 1917... several explosions in an ammunitions factory rocked this riverside community, causing shock waves felt miles away and leaving 132 people dead. Some 52 were never identified. Others were identified only by the clothes they were wearing." https://www.delcotimes.com/news/eddystone-remembers-th-anniversary-of-ammo-plant-blast-that-rocked/article_14fe681d-96e5-51de-aec0-81685c778098.html">https://www.delcotimes.com/news/eddy...
Fire apparatus on its way to the Eddystone Ammunition Plant where a series of explosions killed a great many persons: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/31478231 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/314782...
Scene at Eddystone after the explosion. Captain Morey and officers going to help: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/31478233 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/314782...
Guards keeping back people that swarmed around the plant to find out whether their loved ones were injured, alive, or dead: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/31478191 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/314781...
Burying the unidentified victims of the Eddystone Munitions disaster, April 13, 1918: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/31478080 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/314780...
Burying the unidentified victims of the Eddystone Munitions disaster, April 13, 1918: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/31478088 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/314780...
Burying the unidentified dead victims of the explosion at the Eddystone Plant at Chester, Pennsylvania. April 1917: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/31478195 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/314781...
The bodies of sixty-three unidentified victims of the Eddystone explosion were buried together in the Chester Rural Cemetery following a general religious ceremony: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/31478193 ">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/314781...
(End of thread) For additional info and pictures: https://www.remingtonsociety.org/the-story-of-eddystone/">https://www.remingtonsociety.org/the-story...
