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Indiana Ordnance Works Real Estate Acquisition Plant 2, 1945, Charlestown, Indiana

Title	Indiana Ordnance Works Real Estate Acquisition Plant 2, 1945, Charlestown, Indiana
Alternate Title	PHOTOGRAPHS PLANT #2 - REAL ESTATE
Description	The US federal government began acquiring land in Charlestown, Indiana in 1940 to build an ammunition plant to supply the US military during World War II. This book is the record of the land acquisition in 1944 for Hoosier Ordnance Plant 2. It contains names of the property owners, land evaluations, purchase prices, photographs of the property, status of when residents moved out, and Deed record information. The properties contained businesses, residences, farms, churches, and cemeteries. Indiana Ordnance Works (IOW) Plant 1 and Hoosier Ordnance Plant began production in 1941. In 1944, IOW Plant 2 construction began. After the end of WWII, the three plants were combined and renamed Indiana Arsenal. In 1963 it became Indiana Army Ammunition Plant (INAAP). This item is part of a larger collection of items from INAAP.
Date.Original	1945
Date.Digital	2012-11-02
Subject	Land acquisitions; Indiana Ordnance Works; Hoosier Ordnance Plant; Indiana Arsenal; Indiana Army Ammunition Plant; Charlestown (Ind.); World War, 1939-1945; E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company; United States. Army--Ordnance and ordnance stores; Explosives industry--Indiana; Factories--Indiana-Charlestown--Design and construction; Gunpowder--Smokeless; Ordnance--Manufacture; World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies
Item Type	text
Technical Metadata	Epson 10000XL, 24 bit color, 400 dpi
Usage Statement	Charlestown-Clark County Public Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners and/or holders of other rights such as publicity and/or privacy rights is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions. There may be content that is protected as works for hire copyright held by the party that commissioned the original work and/or under the copyright or neighboring-rights laws of other nations. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
Source	Charlestown-Clark County Public Library
Language	en
Collection Name	Clark County Collections

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Source	Charlestown-Clark County Public Library
Transcription	[cover] PHOTOGRAPHS PLANT #2 - REAL ESTATE
Collection Name	Clark County Collections

Indiana Ordnance Works Real Estate Acquisition Plant 2, 1945, Charlestown, Indiana

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