Pikesville Arsenal
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Pikesville Arsenal was a 19th-century United States Army fortification near Pikesville, Maryland, under control of the Army Ordnance Department.
After War of 1812, the Army built Pikesville Arsenal at a safe point north of Baltimore, Maryland.[1]
In 1853, Campbell Morfit established a laboratory at Pikesville Arsenal and investigated gun metal. Campbell Morfit and James Booth authored a book on the subject of gun metal for the Ordnance Department.