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Harpers Ferry owed its existence principally to the United States armory, which began producing small arms there in 1801. At its height, the factory produced more than 10,000 weapons a year and employed 400 workers. The armory affected the everyday lives of its workers, both inside and outside the workplace, until its destruction in 1861 during the opening days of the Civil War.
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia · United States
