"Where Powder Will be Stored"

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Title: "Where Powder Will be Stored"
Creator(s): St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Date: 1941-08-21
Content Type: picture
Subject(s): Equipment. Weapons. Plants
United States Cartridge Company
United States Army and World War II
Geographic Area: Saint Louis (Mo.)
Time Period: 1940-1949
Description: "This is not an army fort or pillbox, but one of the storage magazines erected on the plant site for smokeless powder used in the manufacture of cartridges. The main powder storage area dump will be located on a 3000-acre tract near Valley Park. These magazines on the site are constructed of concrete 3 feet thick."
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Classification: M112-STLSubjects-Globe-DemocratSmallArmsPlant_036
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