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Modified: 09/09/08

History of Site
Aerial View of the STCC Technology Park This site has played an important role in technology transfer in the Northeast since the Springfield Armory was founded in 1794 as the nation's first arsenal, and became a continual source of technological innovation. Springfield Armory was the source of the famed Springfield Rifle as well as the M1 Garand Rifle. The manufacturing innovation of interchangeable parts, which led to mass production, started at the Armory; technological advances spread throughout the Connecticut River valley and the nation.

When the Armory closed in 1968, the Federal Square site was used for light manufacturing by a Milton Bradley, General Electric, and lastly Digital Equipment Corporation. The Armory Square site across the street became the campus of Springfield Technical Community College. With Federal Square transformed into the STCC Technology Park, the two main segments of the historic Springfield Armory are reunited, and are making a new connection to the future.