Excavation of the 1860 armory building - Eli Whitney Armory, West of Whitney Avenue, Armory Street Vicinity, Hamden, New Haven County, CT HAER CONN,5-HAM,3-5.tif

Excavated foundations at the 1860 armory site.

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Source: Sharpe, David Related names: Whitney, Eli Talmage, Daniel Acme Wire Company New Haven Water Company Merwin, Richard Treat C. McClellan and Son Whitney Arms Company New Haven Colony Historical Society, sponsor Comp, T. Allen, project manager Christianson, Justine, transmitter / https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ct0106.photos.023833p

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Excavation of the 1860 armory building - Eli Whitney Armory, West of Whitney Avenue, Armory Street Vicinity, Hamden, New Haven County, CT HAER CONN,5-HAM,3-5.tif — Sharpe, David Related names: Whitney, Eli Talmage, Daniel Acme Wire Company New Haven Water Company Merwin, Richard Treat C. McClellan and Son Whitney Arms Company New Haven Colony Historical Society, sponsor Comp, T. Allen, project manager Christianson, Justine, transmitter / https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ct0106.photos.023833p. Exposure date unspecified; documentation compiled after 1968. Open the full image to inspect small print.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Eli Whitney Armory & Mill River, SGC-CT041-041, ED-P33811988, “Excavation of the 1860 armory building - Eli Whitney Armory, West of Whitney Avenue, Armory Street Vicinity, Hamden, New Haven County, CT HAER CONN,5-HAM,3-5.tif.” Source: Sharpe, David Related names: Whitney, Eli Talmage, Daniel Acme Wire Company New Haven Water Company Merwin, Richard Treat C. McClellan and Son Whitney Arms Company New Haven Colony Historical Society, sponsor Comp, T. Allen, project manager Christianson, Justine, transmitter / https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ct0106.photos.023833p. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Excavation_of_the_1860_armory_building_-_Eli_Whitney_Armory,_West_of_Whitney_Avenue,_Armory_Street_Vicinity,_Hamden,_New_Haven_County,_CT_HAER_CONN,5-HAM,3-5.tif. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-12.

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