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您要怎麼處理老舊的魚雷工廠？位於維吉尼亞州亞歷山德裡亞市 (Alexandria) 的南波多馬克河 (Potomac
River) 旁的魚雷工廠已經轉型成一家藝術中心：魚雷工廠藝術中心。
這間工廠建於一次世界大戰後期的1918年。接下來的五年內，它日以繼夜的生產潛艇及飛機用魚雷(飛彈)。之後，直到二次世界大戰時，這棟建築物被用來存放武器及彈藥。二次大戰後，史密斯索尼恩學會 (Smithsonian
Institution) 將它用來儲放藝術品及貴重的恐龍化石。另外，國會也將文件存放於此，而軍隊則用它來存放德國戰爭影片及記錄。
亞歷山德裡亞市於1969年自聯邦政府手中買下此一工廠，但直到1974年後，藝術家們才將此一大型空間變為一間明亮、乾淨的複合式工作室。您可以參觀現在的魚雷工廠並瀏覽工作中的藝術家，如：正在製碗的陶藝家、正在繪製彩色玻璃窗的藝術家或正在帆布上作畫的畫家。
您也可以在這兒習得各種魚雷的知識。擺放在大廳中的物品是照片中的魚雷，1945年打造出廠；進行測試時，為方便海軍辨識它在水中的位置，所以被漆成明亮的綠色。
What can you do with an old torpedo factory? In Alexandria, Virginia, on the banks of the Potomac River, a torpedo factory was turned into an arts center -- the Torpedo Factory Art Center.
The factory was built after the end of the First World War, in 1918. For the next five years submarine and aircraft torpedoes (missiles) were produced there around the clock. After that, the building was a storage area for arms and ammunition until World War II. After the war it was used by the Smithsonian Institution to store art objects and valuable dinosaur bones. Congress also stored documents there, and the military used it to store German war films and records.
The city of Alexandria bought the factory from the federal government in 1969, but it wasn't until 1974 that artists converted the huge space into a complex of bright, clean studios. Today, you can visit the Torpedo Factory and see artists at work -- a potter making a bowl, an artist making a stained glass window, or a painter working on a canvas.
You can also learn about torpedoes. The torpedo in the picture is on display in the main hall. It was made at the factory in 1945 and was painted bright green so that the Navy could see it in the water when it was tested.
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