Fort Pickens Ordnance Shop

The Ordnance Shop and related buildings can be seen at the center of this aerial image.

NPS Collection

Quick Facts

Period Built: World War II, about 1942
Location: Approximately 300 yards west of historic Fort Pickens.
Notable Features: One ordnance shop and two ordnance warehouses once stood on top of a large concrete foundation near Fort Pickens. A small ordnance boiler house still stands beside the foundation. A railroad ran through the shop to the warehouses. The US Ordnance Department used these buildings to repair, store, and maintain weapons around the Fort Pickens Military Reservation.

Did You Know?

If you worked as an ordnance machinist, you might wear a blacksmith’s apron and use tools like a portable forge, an anvil, and a hammer to make repairs to a cannon.