Indiana Ordnance Works, Ballistics Laboratory 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. This collection consists of photographs of the Ballistics Lab of the Indiana Ordnance Works.
Dates
- Creation: 1941
Creator
- Indiana Ordnance Works (Organization)
Extent
24 item(s)
General Physical Description
24 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
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
This collection consists of photographs of the Ballistics Lab of the Indiana Ordnance Works, including views of testing and test facilities, laboratories, machinery, and male and female workers.
Location
GL Box 1.
Existence and Location of Copies
View this collection online in Hagley’s Digital Archive.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Subjects
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Indiana Ordnance Works, Ballistics Laboratory photographs
- Date:
- 2015
- 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
