Indiana Ordnance Works panoramic photographs
Creation: 1941Abstract
The Indiana Ordnance Works was built by the DuPont Company for the U.S. Government beginning in 1940. It manufactured military explosives, propellants, and smokeless powder. The panoramic photographs show overviews of the Indiana Ordnance Works facilities, Charlestown, Indiana.
Dates
- Creation: 1941
Creator
- Indiana Ordnance Works (Organization)
Extent
2 item(s)
General Physical Description
2 photographic prints : panoramic photographs ; 7 x 48 in. or smaller.
Historical Note
The Indiana Ordnance Works was built by the DuPont Company for the U.S. Government beginning in 1940. It manufactured military explosives, propellants, and smokeless powder. The name was changed to the Indiana Army Ammunition Plant, and it maintained very sizable production through the period of the Vietnam war. By the 1990s, it had become an inactive site, maintaining a capability to manufacture black powder should that need ever arise again.
Scope and Content
Overviews of the Indiana Ordnance Works facilities, Charlestown, Indiana.
Location
OO1-2
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Subjects
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Indiana Ordnance Works panoramic photographs
- Date:
- 2014
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository
