The Springfield Armory

Part I of Essay
All through time, the history of man has been decided by the evolution of technology. Beginning when early man discovered fire to the creation of the Internet, advances in technology has made the lives of men better for all. These advances in technology have made our nat ....

Part II of Essay
.... easy. The facility was far enough upstream that the threat of an attack on the facility was rather small. The Connecticut River also provided hydroelectric power to the facility. Another advantage of Springfield was that since it was a struggling village, it was not hard to find employees because at this point, the people of Springfield would take a job wherever they could find it. In the beginning, all of the muskets made were manufactured individually by hand. In 1795, forty employees made 245 flintlock muskets in one month. Soon after ....