Description: |
In 1945, B & O Railroad acquired land through condemnation from Eligah Strong for the construction of a spur track in connection with the construction of the Indiana Ordnance Works (IOW) Plant 2. These documents are photographs of that land including the buildings and a cemetery. The US federal government began acquiring land in Charlestown, Indiana in 1940 to build an ammunition plant to supply the US military during World War II. IOW Plant 1 and Hoosier Ordnance Plant began production in 1941. In 1944, IOW Plant 2 construction began. After the end of WWII, the three plants were combined and renamed Indiana Arsenal. In 1963 it became Indiana Army Ammunition Plant (INAAP). This item is part of a larger collection of items from INAAP. |
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Origin: | 1945 |
Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15078coll17/id/4138 |
Collection: |
Clark County Collections |
Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Copyright: |
Charlestown-Clark County Public Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners and/or holders of other rights such as publicity and/or privacy rights is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions. There may be content that is protected as works for hire copyright held by the party that commissioned the original work and/or under the copyright or neighboring-rights laws of other nations. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. |
Geography: |
Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana 38.436824, -85.658816 |
Subjects: |
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Land acquisitions Indiana Ordnance Works Charlestown (Ind.) E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company United States. Army--Ordnance and ordnance stores Explosives industry--Indiana Factories--Indiana--Charlestown--Design and construction Gunpowder--Smokeless Ordnance--Manufacture World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies |
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