Indiana Army Ammunition Plant U.S. Army warning and restriction signs at gate, Charlestown, Indiana 26 Oct 1971

Description:	A photograph taken 26 Oct 1971 of a US Army warning a sign at the gates in front of the 703 administration building. This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken of signs located within 600 feet of the Indiana Army Ammunition Plant entrance gate 22 which was located on Highway 62 in front of the 703 Administration building.The sign reads: U.S. Army warning you are now entering a military reservation personnel and vehicles are subject to search by order of the commanding officerWarningThis plant, has been declared a restricted area by authority of the commanding officer, in accordance with the provisions of the directive issued by the secretary of defense on 20 August 1954, pursuant to the provisions of section 21, internal security act of 1950. Unauthorized entry is prohibited. All persons and vehicles entering hereon are liable to search, photographing, making notes, drawings, maps, or graphic representations of this area or it’s activities, is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the commanding officer. Any such material found in the possession of unauthorized persons will be confiscated.The United States federal government began acquiring land in Charlestown, Indiana in 1940 to build a smokeless powder ordnance plant to supply the US military during World War II. Indiana Ordnance Works (IOW) Plant 1 and Hoosier Ordnance Plant (HOP) began production in 1941. In 1944, IOW Plant 2 construction began. On 30 Nov 1945 at the end of WWII, the three plants were combined and renamed Indiana Arsenal. Between 1 Nov 1961 and 1 Aug 1963, the plant was designated Indiana Ordnance Plant. After this time, it became Indiana Army Ammunition Plant (INAAP). Production of ordnance continued at the plant until 1992. After that time, the land and facilities were leased to private industry. A large portion of the land became Charlestown State Park. In October 2016, all the land and facilities were officially sold by the government. This item is part of a larger collection of items from INAAP that are kept at Charlestown Library.
Origin:	1971-10-26
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15078coll17/id/15271
Collection:	Clark County Collections
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Geography:	Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana 38.436824, -85.658816
Subjects:	Indiana Ordnance Works (U.S.) Hoosier Ordnance Plant Indiana Arsenal Indiana Army Ammunition Plant Explosives Industry--Indiana Gunpowder, Smokeless Ordnance manufacture Black powder manufacture Facility One ICI Americas Inc Clark County (Ind.) Charlestown (Ind.) United States. Army Ordnance and Ordnance Stores

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