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Champlain Arsenal

Coordinates: 44°10′11″N 73°15′46″W / 44.16972°N 73.26278°W / 44.16972; -73.26278
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Champlain Arsenal was a 19th-century fortification near Vergennes, Vermont. Two buildings, built in 1825, still stand and make up the oldest remaining buildings of the Vermont Industrial School, now a Job Corps center. The two arsenal buildings have been shuttered since the 1970s.

Origins

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The Army established this federal arsenal in 1826 or 1828. It contained quarters for officers, barracks, a magazine, ordnance storehouses, and munitions storehouses.

Antebellum operations

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Josiah Gorgas briefly served at Champlain Arsenal.

First abandonment

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The Army discontinued Champlain Arsenal in 1855.

Civil War era

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Champlain Arsenal reopened in 1861.

Decommissioning

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The Army left Champlain Arsenal in 1872. The War Department sold the site in 1873.

References

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44°10′11″N 73°15′46″W / 44.16972°N 73.26278°W / 44.16972; -73.26278