Description: Watervliet Arsenal: 1817, Albany County, Watervliet. Located on approximately 140 acres of land in and around the city of Watervliet, New York. Watervliet is located approximately 3.5 miles north of the city of Albany, NY and adjacent to the Hudson River. The land was acquired and arsenal construction started in 1813; designated as Watervliet Arsenal in 1817. The WVA consists of two primary areas: (1) the "Main Process Area" where manufacturing and administrative operations occur, and (2) The "Siberia Area", chiefly utilized for storage. Watervliet Arsenal is an active U.S. Army facility. It is the Nation's cannon factory, and currently manufactures tubes and tube assemblies for cannons, cannon components, mortars, and recoilless rifles, and the main gun tube for the M1 Abrams tank.

County: Albany

City, State: Watervliet, New Yok

Conflict/Time Period: 1817-Present