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Indiana Ordnance Works panoramic photographs

Creation: 1941
 Collection
Accession: 1969-143

Abstract

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

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

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

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