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roof built on a wood frame mounted over a brick dome. The walls have no windows, but are designed to allow for the passage of air through the structure, with circuitous passages through the brickwork. The building is 17.5 feet (5.3 m) in diameter near its base, and rises 12.5 feet (3.8 m) from its stone foundation to the eaves. It has a wooden door fastened to a frame by iron strap hinges. The interior is finished with rough wooden siding, with shelving fastened to framing embedded into the brick walls by wooden pegs.
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The powder house was built in 1809, and was the third munitions storage facility built by the town. Its first was built nearer the town center in 1767. In addition to construction of this building, the town also authorized construction of a structure to house two cannons and associated equipment;
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The Beverly Powder House is located on a rise overlooking the town's center, which is located to the southwest. It stands on the east side of Powder House Lane north of Madison Avenue, amid residences built in the late 19th and 20th centuries. It is an eight-sided brick structure, with a shingled
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it has not survived, and its location is not known. The building's only significant military use came during the
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Beverly Powder House is located in Massachusetts
Beverly Powder House is located in the United States
Beverly, Massachusetts
42°33′12″N 70°52′31″W / 42.55333°N 70.87528°W / 42.55333; -70.87528
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military storage magazine
Beverly, Massachusetts
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