What looks like a bunker along the seashore is today’s Mystery Photo. But there’s another clue for you to spot. Figure out where this photograph is taken and send your idea to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown.
Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill, quickly recognized the last Mystery Photo: “This is the Water Shops Armory in Springfield, Mass., part of the old Springfield Armory building. The part shown in the photo is only a part of the entire building which is several buildings pieced together. The U.S. Army built the armory in 1794 on the Mill River, where heavy metal forging and machining was done as well as gunstock shaping. It’s on the National Register of Historic Places.
Here’s a google view (bleft) of the whole front side facing Allen Street.” The photo came from Rob Ponder of Duluth.
George Graf of Palmyra, Va., wrote: “ The Armory and Arsenal at Springfield was the primary center for the manufacture of United States military firearms from 1777 until its closing in 1968. It was the first federal armory and one of the first factories in the United States dedicated to the manufacture of weapons. The facility would play a decisive role in the American Civil War, producing most of the weaponry used by Union troops which, in sum, outpaced Confederate firearm production by a ratio of 32 to 1. The last small arm developed by the Armory was the M14 rifle, which was, essentially, a highly modified version of the M1 Garand. The M14 was produced from 1959 to 1964 and was the U.S. Army’s primary combat rifle until being replaced by the M16 rifle gradually from 1964 to 1970. The M14 has evolved over the years into a more modern sniper rifle—the M21.”
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. and Lou Camerio of Lilburn also recognized the Armory.
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