The Eli Whitney Museum is a building erected as a musket factory by Eli Whitney on a site he purchased on September 17, 1798. It is now a museum, located at 915 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, Connecticut, and open to the public most afternoons. Muskets and bayonets aboard the frigate Grand Turk. ... Eli Whitney Inventor and manufacturing pioneer Eli Whitney was born in Westborough, Massachusetts on December 8, 1765, the eldest child of Eli Whitney, a prosperous famer, and Elizabeth Fay of Westborough. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... Hamden is a town located in New Haven County, Connecticut. ...

The museum is located on the site of the Eli Whitney Armory, a factory powered by water from the Mill River where Whitney produced muskets for the United States government. On June 14, 1798, he had contracted to produce 10,000 muskets to be delivered within 28 months at the cost of $134,000.00; in fact, it took ten years. When he signed the contract, Whitney had no factory, no workers and no experience in gun manufacturing. However, in a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Oliver Wolcott, a fellow Yale University graduate and friend, Whitney had written: The Mill River is a river in the New England region of the United States, located entirely in the state of Connecticut. ... Muskets and bayonets aboard the frigate Grand Turk. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      The government of the United States of America, established by the U.S. Constitution, is a... The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, concerned with finance and monetary matters, and, until 2003, some issues of national security and defense. ... Oliver Wolcott (December 1, 1726–December 1, 1797), was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Connecticut. ... Yale redirects here. ...

I am persuaded that Machinery moved by water adapted to this Business would greatly diminish the labor and facilitate the manufacture of this Article. Machines for forging, rolling, floating, boring, grinding, polishing, etc. may all be made use of to advantage.... (May 13, 1798)

Whitney's factory was at the very forefront of the American Industrial Revolution, as its muskets were produced by water-powered machinery, and among the first to have standardized, interchangeable parts (for some but not all of its parts). A Watt steam engine. ...

Although it does have exhibits regarding the inventor, the museum is mostly dedicated to having children build projects. The museum is run by William Brown and Sally Hill, with staff consisting primarily of paid interns who help to design projects and help children build projects.

The site is located near a water reservation center as well as a hiking trail. The museum hosts summer camps and birthday parties.

External links

• http://www.eliwhitney.org/

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