Arsenal Park (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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Arsenal Park is located on the former site of the Allegheny Arsenal, which occupied a strip of land between 39th and 40th streets extending from Penn Avenue to the riverside railroad tracks. Established in 1814, the arsenal manufactured and stored military supplies during the Civil War, Indian Wars and Spanish-American War. The single largest civilian disaster of the Civil War occurred here when an enormous explosion killed 78 workers, mostly young women. A powder magazine built in 1814 still remains on the park grounds.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_Arsenal
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Coordinates: 40°28'0"N 79°57'39"W
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- North Park 19 km
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- Mingo Creek County Park 29 km
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- Laurel Hill State Park 76 km
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