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[Powder magazine for the Navy Department, Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia. Elevation, section, plan] – Antique Print

[Powder magazine for the Navy Department, Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia. Elevation, section, plan], 1809 July 31. — historic drawing
[Powder magazine for the Navy Department, Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia. Elevation, section, plan], 1809 July 31.. Historic drawing from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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Few navy yards could operate safely without a secure place to store gunpowder, and this sheet presents Benjamin Henry Latrobe's proposed powder magazine for the Navy Department's yard at Gosport, on the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth, Virginia. Dated July 31, 1809, and inscribed by Latrobe as Surveyor of the Public Buildings, it shows elevation, section, and plan views and is labeled as the second design. A later note from January 1873 says it repeats the same design at reduced dimensions. The drawing offers a clear look at how federal architects planned explosives storage at the young navy yards.

Created / published1809 July 31.
Medium1 drawing : watercolor, ink, and wash on paper.
NotesInscriptions on recto: No. II Design of a powder house proposed to be built for the Navy Department at Gosport
SubjectsVirginia." -- "This is the same design with reduced dimensions--B.HL. Jan 1873" -- "BHLatrobe Surveyor of the public Bldgs U.S. July 31st. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress)."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,072 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116460

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