Building 32, Watertown Arsenal.

Building 32, Watertown Arsenal.

Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; Arsenal Mall -- Watertown (Mass.).; Laidley, Theodore Thaddeus Sobieski -- 1822-1886.;

Built in 1917, this was the Mobile Carriage Shop, known as Building 32. Road sign commemorating former Commander Theodore Thaddeus Sobieski Laidley. In 1871, he assumed his final command, the Watertown Arsenal in Massachusetts where he was responsible for the production of carriages, shot, and accessories for field, siege, and seacoast artillery. Building 32 during wrecking for Arsenal Mall, June 1982. For more detail on Commander Theodore T. S. Laidley's life see http://books.google.com/books?id=DVEuAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA98&dq=Theodore+T.+S.+Laidley&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NqOqUMG0C7KF0QHv4IGgDQ&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Theodore%20T.%20S.%20Laidley&f=false.

1982, June

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