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Champlain Arsenal

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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.
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The Army left Champlain Arsenal in 1872. The War Department sold the site in 1873.
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center. The two arsenal buildings have been shuttered since the 1970s.
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Vergennes, Vermont
Vermont Industrial School
Job Corps
Josiah Gorgas

44°10′11″N 73°15′46″W / 44.16972°N 73.26278°W / 44.16972; -73.26278
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Buildings and structures in Vergennes, Vermont
Closed installations of the United States Army
Forts in Vermont

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