Ogden Arsenal, Boiler House, Northwest corner of Boxelder Lane & California Street, Layton

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This Boiler House provides particularly vivid insight into the processes involved in heating buildings used in the general supply and depot operations at Ogden Arsenal during World War II. In addition, Building contributes to a fuller understanding of the U.S. Army build-up which occurred on the eve of and during World War II. History: Building served as the Boiler House for the network of buildings in the original warehouse area. The original heating equipment in the building included two 200 horsepower Union Iron Works boilers, one 500 horsepower Keeler boiler, and a 160 psi pressure semi-automatic, gas-fired water tube that featured a hand-fired oil standby.

The equipment came complete with all controls, meters, gauges, steam pumps, oil pumps, valves, stacks, breachings, blow downs, etc. Building continues to serve in its original function. Ogden Arsenal, Boiler House HAER No. UT-84-U Page 2 General Description: Building x is a two story concrete block building with a gable roof. The main two-story building contains three window bays on the north and south elevations and five window bays on the east and west elevations. The south elevation contains an overhead loading door. Three-by-five pane horizontal windows with flush sills contain an operable 6-section awning section. Three large circular vents sit on the west side of the roof, and several small box vents line the ridge of the gable.

The steel trussed roof was originally covered with a mineral surface asphalt roofing material which was replaced with a 3-tab, thick butt asphalt roof in Shed-roofed, concrete block additions lie on both the east and west elevations. The addition on the west elevation houses a modern control room. Ogden Arsenal, Boiler House HAER No. UT-84-U Page 3 4 2 -4 '; <&. Q_ O *i & C _i ' * i- +- <J r t -5 .1 .i i L P o 3 4-