The New Cumberland Defense Depot is a

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military base located a short distance south of

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, in Fairview Township, York County,

. It is adjacent to the Capital City Airport and a short distance east of the Harrisburg West Shore interchange of the

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(

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, which forms the southern boundary of the base) with

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and to the north

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. The

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forms the base's eastern boundary. The depot covers and includes the Administrative Support Center East and

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. It employs about 3,000 civilian and 100 military personnel. The Quartermaster Department had built the depot at New Cumberland in 1918, originally naming it the Marsh Run Storage Depot.

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