I wonder if digging into the Baldwin Locomotive archives would yield any Thompson related discoveries? There are still (I think) some of the buildings left just south of Philadelphia International Airport. This may seem trivial but around here most people know nothing about Eddystone Arsenal, yet many people know about Baldwin Locomotive Works. In all of my years of being a well read gun-fanatic this is the first I’ve read that Eddystone was Baldwin Locomotive. Apparently there was no Eddystone Arsenal, per se. During WWI Remington contracted with Baldwin Locomotive Works to manufacture almost 2 million Pattern 14 and M1917 rifles, and, of course, this operation became what we all know of as the so-called Eddystone Arsenal.
Baldwin had a factory in Philadelphia in the mid-1800s (almost 200 acres a few blocks north of what is now Philadelphia City Hall) and established a 600 acre factory in Eddystone. I was reading about the Baldwin Locomotive Works – one of the largest manufac- turers of steam locomotives in the country. Well here is something new… at least to me. I have read this brief historical factoid in numerous books and magazine over the years. M1917 Rifles made at this arsenal are, as we all know, marked Eddystone. WWI had a production capacity of 1,000 Model 1917 rifles per day. I believe I am correct that General Thompson designed and/or supervised the factory at Eddystone, Pennsylvania that during This prompted a long-overdue research investigation that resulted in this… believed to be the first historical investigation into “Eddystone.” This worthwhile project was prompted by the following letter to Remshots: A search through dozens of books dealing with this important WWI rifleĭisclosed that none had any definitive information about the factory or in Remington’s actual involvement. However, few (if any) know the true story of the Eddystone Rifle Works or its actual relationship to Remington. The Eddystone Rifle Works – Eddystone, Pennsylvania Most martial firearms collectors will tell you that Remington Arms Company made Model 1917 Enfield Rifles at Eddystone during World War I.
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