FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Watervliet Arsenal, New York ~ 18 JULY 2017

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Watervliet Arsenal, New York

The Watervliet Arsenal is an arsenal of the United States Army located in Watervliet, New York, on the west bank of the Hudson River. It is the oldest continuously active arsenal in the United States, and today produces much of the artillery for the army, as well as gun tubes for cannons, mortars, and tanks. It has been a National Historic Landmark since 1966.

The arsenal was founded in 1813 to support the War of 1812, and was designated as the Watervliet Arsenal in 1817. It occupies 142 acres of land, approximately 8 miles north of Albany, New York. The location is adjacent to the Hudson River. The site contains manufacturing, administrative offices and storage areas. It also houses the Army's Benet Laboratories, which does product development, improvement, research, and testing.

Nearly 70 years after the arsenal produced its first products it was finally thrust into national prominence when in the late 1880s the arsenal became the Army’s first large caliber cannon manufacturer. During this period, production moved from the manufacturing of saddles and gun carriages to cannons.

Remnants of this period are still in operation today as evidenced by the continued use of historic Building 110, “The Big Gun Shop,” for manufacturing missions. This gun shop once produced 16-inch guns and many other weapons for the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps.

Benét Laboratories is the U.S. Army's design authority for large caliber cannon and cannon safe life considerations. A research, development, and engineering facility, Benét is responsible for the full life-cycle of mortars, tank guns, and artillery cannon for howitzers and provides tank turret support for ABRAMS and Crew Cooling for ABRAMS, Bradley and LAV combat vehicles; and provides support to the Army's industrial base at the Watervliet Arsenal.

Learn More About Watervliet Arsenal HERE!!

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[radu]

Very good! Will you be able to finish them tomorrow or have to finish after the new flooring’s put in?

[radu]

Howdy there, Feathers! Long time, no see!

Yes, hot and sweaty here these days and we’ll be flat out roasting the rest of this week. July has arrived! LOL!

UGH! You don’t have A/C? That sux! Hope that fan is enough to keep you cool.

[ConorMacNessa]

We'll be able to finish - the flooring will start in the living room.

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

[radu]

That works out well. Their delay in getting started IS going to work out to the good. :-)

[radu]

Howdy, LUV!

Didn’t see you’d slipped in this evening.

Have a good, lazy day?

[luvie]

I did! ‘Cause it’s Monday! Any ol’ excuse to be lazy, huh?

How was your day? Still hot as a pistol? We were at 96. Threat of rain but no actuality of it. Darn!

[radu]

Silly me. I shoulda known. LOL!

Glad it was a good day even though it didn’t rain.

It was pretty hot here but not quite as bad as they’d predicted. They’re still calling for mid to high 90s with the heat index over 100 from Wed. on and that’s not something we look forward to. No rain in the forecast until the weekend.

[PROCON]

MINE!

[PROCON]

MINE!

[PROCON]

MINE!

[radu]

Dang it! I had one ready to go and waited and waited. Finally took off to feed Armand and bang! LOL!

WOOHOO! You were ready for it! #50 is yours tonight!

[PROCON]

Heh-Heh, you snooze, you looze!

G'night ladies!

[radu]

Yep, and we snoozed and loozed. LOL!

Good night and sleep well. Hope you have a great day tomorrow.

[luvie]

ha-ha!!! You must have been sitting for days waiting for that chance to pounce. LOL!

WOOHOO!!

[luvie]

Nite, PRO! Glad to see ya! I was busy being political. LOL!

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Tuesday morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread, Lauren. How's it going?

[beachn4fun]

LOL

[mad_as_he$$]

Nice post about a relatively obscure but very important facility. Thanks!

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Everyone.

Good morning to our

Military, our Allies, and their families.

Thank you, Lauren, for preparing the
Canteen for today’s activities.

Road Trip!
And in NY so we can take the limo.

Checking in.
I was on the road all day, yesterday.
Going to stay home today and catch up on chores.

We need some rain at the homestead.
The last storm went right over us with barely a sprinkle.

Please stay.
Grab a cup of joe or tasty tea.
Chat with the military and/or the family they left behind.

The FR Canteen is

Come on in and sit for a while.
There's always plenty of coffee, tea,
pancakes, conversation,
silliness,
and plain old BS

REMEMBER THEM ~ DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above Honoring those who have served before.

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, Beach. How’s it going?