Arsenal

a storehouse or factory for making, repairing; or keeping government arms, ordnance, and munitions of war. Governments very frequently purchase guns, bayonets, sabres, and other needful articles from contractors; yet all considerable governments maintain arsenals. The chief arsenals of the United States are at Allegheny, Pa.; Augusta, Ga.; Benecia, Cal.; Columbia, Tenn.; Fort Monroe, Va.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Kennebec, Me.; New York, N. Y.; Rock Island, Ill.; San Antonio, Tex.; Watertown, Mass.; and Watervliet, N. Y., with powder depots at St. Louis, Mo.; and Dover, N. J. There is a noted armory at Springfield, Mass., and a proving ground for cannon at Sandy Hook, N. J. Of foreign arsenals, the most noted is that at Woolwich, England, founded in 1720. The French arsenals are at Cherbourg, Brest, Lorient, Rochefort, and Toulon. There are German arsenals at Spandau, Cologne, and Dantzig. The chief Austrian arsenal is at Vienna; that of Russia at St. Petersburg, and of Italy at Turin.