Indiana Army Ammunition Plant - black powder manufacture waste treatment 20 Jul 1976, Charlestown, Indiana

Description:	A photograph taken during construction of the sanitary and industrial waste treatment area for the Black Powder Manufacturing Plant in Plant 2 area of Indiana Army Ammunition Plant in Charlestown, Indiana. Taken 20 July 1976.Text on the back of the photograph:IND- , 20 July 1976, DACA45-75-C-0116Black Powder Manufacturing PlantIndiana Army Ammo Plant, Charlestown, INLooking east at Sanitary and Industrial Waste Treatment Area.Photographer, Tony Hamblin74% of completion.The land to the north of Charlestown Landing Road was known as IOW Plant 2. The land was going to be used for a facility to produce double base rocket propellant. Construction began in 1944 but was never competed due to WWII ending. In 1975 construction on an automated black powder manufacturing facility was began on the land between Charlestown Landing Road and Fourteen Mile Creek. It produced black powder at such a high volume along with a decrease in demand for black powder that the facility was only used for one year.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:	1976-07-20
Created By:	Hamblin, Tony
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15078coll17/id/15410
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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