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20 April 2006
A3 writes:
The Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant has been closed since the end of the Vietnam War with only a caretaker crew on board. Over the past five or so years, ownership of the plant has been gradually transferred after environmental remediation to the City of Chattanooga and Hamilton County governments.Already there has been some redevelopment, with the county school board relocating their headquarters there, a railcar maintenance and repair shop has opened up, and several other companies are building new facilities. The location is certified by TVA as a "megasite" for large industrial development like a car plant.
Like the Sunflower plant, the water treatment plant has been taken over by Eastside Utility District and is a backup water supply for their system.
19 April 2006
A2 writes:
The plant in Arden Hills, MN (New Brighton on your pages) has been shuttered since mid '70's, and is in the last stages of being transferred out of Army control and into the hands of local communities and National Guard.
A writes:
The Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant in Kansas has been deactivated for 10 years. It is not in moth balls, but is being dismantled and cleaned up. The government is in the process of transferring the land to private ownership for development. The dismantling/clean-up project is roughly 40% complete. Most of the buildings are burnt due to the chemical residues left behind from the manufacturing process. The only building that will not be torn down is the water treatment plant, which will be left intact and in full working order.The other correction is the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant. In the latest round of base closures, this facility was selected for closure. Closure should happen over the next 10 years.
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| Facilities list from the Library of Congress,
Historic American
Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER). Search on "ammunition."
Among those listed by HABS/HAER, these appear to be active (corrections welcome;
send to:
It is not a complete list of active ammunition facilities only those which
had been considered for historic recording.
Description
of the Holston Plant gives a detailed, 94-page, history of the development
and production of During World War II, the Holston Army Ammunitions Plant made serveral |
Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant, Hawthorne, Mineral
County, NV Newport Army Ammunition Plant, Newport, Vermillion County, IN Indiana Army Ammunition Plant, Charlestown, Clark County, IN Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant, Doyline, Webster Parish, LA
Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, Texarkana, Bowie County,
TX Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant, Riverbank, Stanislaus County, CA Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, Independence, Jackson County, MO Badger Army Ammunition Plant, Baraboo, Sauk County, WI Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN (deactivated) Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant, Ravenna, Portage County, OH Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, Middletown, Des Moines County, IA Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, Joliet, Will County, IL Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, New Brighton, Ramsey County, MN (deactivated) Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant, Marshall vicinity, Harrison County, TX St. Louis Army Ammunition Plant, 4800 Goodfellow Boulevard, St. Louis, St. Louis City County, MO Milan Army Ammunition Plant, Milan, Gibson County, TN Kansas Army Ammunition Plant, Parsons, Labette County, KS (selected for closure) Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, De Soto, Johnson County, KS (deactivated) Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant, Grand Island, Hall County, NE Anniston Army Ammunition Depot, Anniston vicinity, Calhoun County, AL Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Radford vicinity, Montgomery County, VA Hays Army Ammunition Plant, 300 Mifflin Road, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, Mcalester, Pittsburg County, OK Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Along Holston River, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN Picatinny Arsenal, Dover vicinity, Morris County, NJ
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| Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant,
Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV Hawthorne Navy Ammunition Depot, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV
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| Newport Army Ammunition Plant, Newport, Vermillion
County, IN
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| Indiana Army Ammunition Plant, Charlestown,
Clark County, IN
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| Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant, Doyline,
Webster Parish, LA
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| Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, Texarkana,
Bowie County, TX Red River Army Depot
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| Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant, Riverbank,
Stanislaus County, CA
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| Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, Independence,
Jackson County, MO
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| Badger Army Ammunition Plant, Baraboo, Sauk County,
WI
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| Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant, Chattanooga,
Hamilton County, TN
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| Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant, Ravenna, Portage
County, OH
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| Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, Middletown, Des Moines
County, IA
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| Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, Joliet, Will County,
IL
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| Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, New Brighton,
Ramsey County, MN
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| Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant, Marshall vicinity,
Harrison County, TX
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| St. Louis Army Ammunition Plant, 4800 Goodfellow
Boulevard, St. Louis, St. Louis City County, MO
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| Milan Army Ammunition Plant, Milan, Gibson County,
TN
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| Kansas Army Ammunition Plant, Parsons, Labette
County, KS
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| Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, De Soto,
Johnson County, KS
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| Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant, Grand Island,
Hall County, NE
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| McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, Mcalester,
Pittsburg County, OK
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| Anniston Army Ammunition Depot, Anniston vicinity,
Calhoun County, AL
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| Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Radford vicinity,
Montgomery County, VA
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| Hays Army Ammunition Plant, 300 Mifflin Road,
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
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| Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Along Holston
River, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN
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| Picatinny Arsenal, Dover vicinity, Morris
County, NJ
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