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155mm Shells at the Alabama Army Ammunition Plant four miles north of Childersburg, Alabama - June 1942
The Alabama Army Ammunition Plant was built in 1941 and was operated by DuPont. The facility produced nitrocellulose (NC), trinitrotoluene (TNT), dinitrotoluene (DNT), tetryl, and single-base smokeless powder. At its peak, production was nearly 40 million pounds of munitions per month and also produced heavy water for the Manhattan Project.
The complex covered more than 35,000 acres and was closed in August 1945.

 

[uktabber]

Wow, Great Photos.......interesting, thanks for posting!!

 

[NebrHogger]

155mm Shells at the Alabama Army Ammunition Plant four miles north of Childersburg, Alabama - June 1942
The Alabama Army Ammunition Plant was built in 1941 and was operated by DuPont. The facility produced nitrocellulose (NC), trinitrotoluene (TNT), dinitrotoluene (DNT), tetryl, and single-base smokeless powder. At its peak, production was nearly 40 million pounds of munitions per month and also produced heavy water for the Manhattan Project.
The complex covered more than 35,000 acres and was closed in August 1945.
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This is why we had steel pennies and silver nickels for a while during the war - tons of copper were needed for driving bands on artillery ammo... that and cartridge cases, of course.

 

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The relatives of the sailors aboard Revenge-class battleship HMS Royal Oak reading the list of survivors, October 1939.

 

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78' Higgins PT (Patrol Torpedo) boats on the assembly line at the Higgins Factory in New Orleans in 1943. Higgins produced almost 200 of these torpedo boats during the Second World War.