| Return to finding aids search |
Seneca Ordnance Depot Completion Report
An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 26 Aug 2013
|
|
|
| Return to finding aids search |
Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 26 Aug 2013
|
|
|
Overview of the Collection |
|
| Creator: | Seneca Army Depot. |
| Title: | Seneca Ordnance Depot Completion Report |
| Dates: | 1942 |
| Quantity: | 1 volume |
| Abstract: | Reports and photographs comprising the architecture and engineer report |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Built in 1941, the Seneca Army Depot occupied approximately 10,000 acres of land between Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake in Seneca County, New York. It was used as a munitions storage and disposal facility by the United States Army from 1941 until the 1990s, and during the Cold War allegedly held the largest stockpile of Army nuclear weapons in the country. The base has also been known since the 1940s for being home to the largest herd of white deer in the world, known as the Seneca White Deer. The base was closed in 2000 and the property is presently (2013) used for a variety of civilian activities including residential housing, stock car racing, and leased storage.
The Seneca Ordnance Depot Completion Report consists of a single large volume containing typed reports and summaries, architectural renderings and numerous photographs.
Single volume.
Access Restrictions:
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Corporate Bodies
United States. -- Army.
Subjects
Military architecture -- United States.
Military bases, American.
Nuclear weapons -- Storage.
Places
Romulus (N.Y.) -- History.
Genres and Forms
Condition reports.
Photographs.
Renderings (drawings)
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Seneca Ordnance Depot Completion Report,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 2013.
Reports
| Reports | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Seneca Ordnance Depot Completion Report 1942 | ||||||||||