Arkansas Ordnance Plant Guard House
- Also Known As: PU2872
- Address: 100 Veteran's Circle
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1941/06/04 | The War Department informs Governor Homer Adkins and Congressman David D Terry that a $33,000,000 fuse and detonator plant has been approved for immediate construction. | |||||
1942/03/04 | Ford, Bacon and Davis Co | Architect | The first assembly line is completed. The contract to design, construct, and operate the plant, as well as train key personnel, was awarded to Ford, Bacon and Davis. More lines will be all operational by June of 1942. | |||
1942/11/22 | On November 22, production at the Arkansas Ordnance Plant peaks with 14,092 workers making fuses, boosters, detonators and primers. | |||||
1943/08/00 | By August 1943, 12,686 employees are employed at AOP, about 75 percent of the production line workers are women, known as WOWs (women ordnance workers). |
Particulars for Arkansas Ordnance Plant Guard House: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Area of Significance | Military |
Historic Use | Military facility |
Attribute | Moved property |
Other Description | Plain Traditional |
Owner | Private |
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