Boiler House, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1940/12/26
Description:
'United States Engineer Office. Corps of Engineers United States Army. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Morgantown Ordnance Works-Morgantown, West Virginia: Boiler House-Looking Northeast. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company-Contract W Ord-490- Contract Date 11-28-40. Military Funds. December 26, 1942. No. 20407.'
'U. S. Engineer Office, Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh, PA; Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, West Virginia; 3:30 P.M. Jan. 29, 1941. Looking southeast at main office, service building and maintenance shops. No. 175.'
Coke Plant Area, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/01/30
Description:
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va. Photograph Number 102. General View of Coke plant area driving piles for coke oven foundation on left and general grading in center. Taken from photographers platform of West side coke plant looking Southeast. January 30. 1941, 1:30 P.M.'
Temporary Shops, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/01/30
Description:
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va. Photograph Number 100. Temporary Shops. Reinforcing Steel Shop in right foreground, millwrights shop in center and pipe shop on left. Taken from hillside looking Northeast. January 30, 1941, 2:00 P.M.'
Construction of the Coke Oven Foundation at the Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/01/30
Description:
'Photograph No. 103; View showing steel H piles being driven and bearing plates placed for coke oven foundation. Looking south. January 30, 1941, 12:30 P.M.'
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va. Photograph Number 101. General View of plant site with main construction office and parking area in foreground. Factory area and temporary shops in background. Taken from hilltop Northwest of plant. January 31, 1941, 11:00 A.M.'
Excavating for Gas Generator Building, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/02/13
Description:
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va. Photography Number 106. Excavating for the gas generator building. Looking Southeast. February 13, 1941, 11:45 A.M.'
Temporary Construction Shops, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/02/13
Description:
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va. Photograph Number 104. Temporary Construction Shops in foreground and grading in power and power recovery area in the background. Looking Northeast. February 13, 1941, 10:30 A.M.'
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va. Photograph Number 105. From left to right foundation work on factory building, maintenance shops and stores, service and main office building. Grading in the power recovery area appears in the left background. Looking East. February 13, 1941, 10:00 A.M.'
Coke Oven Area, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/02/13
Description:
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va. Photograph Number 107. Coke oven area-base for coke ovens in right foreground. Framework for flue and stack base on left. Looking East. February 13, 1941, 11:00 A.M.'
Rock Foundation of the Generator House at the Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/02/25
Description:
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va. Photograph No. 110, Taken from east fence line, looking west at generator house rock foundation. February 25, 1941, 2:30 P.M.'
Construction of Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/02/25
Description:
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va., Photograph Number 109. Picture taken from Tower No. 2 near coke plant, looking southeast showing base for oven stack on left, coal bin foundation in center, steelwork for oven battery on right. February 25, 1941 2:00 P.M.'
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va. Photograph Number 111. Taken from tower number 4. Looking West across railroad to factory building foundation work. Main office and Service buildings in left background. February 26, 1941, 2:00 P.M.'
Construction of Foundations for the Morgantown Ordnance Works in Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/02/26
Description:
'Photograph No. 108; 2:00 P.M. February 26, 1941. Pictures taken from tower no. 4 looking northwest to catalyst (left) and caustic (right) plant foundations.'
'Photograph No. 115; March 14, 1941 - 2:00 P. M. Taken from tower no. 4. Looking south at foundation work on blow gas holder (foreground) and blue gas holder (center.)
Morgantown Ordnance Works Maintenance Shops, Stores, and Factory Building, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/03/14
Description:
'Photograph No. 114; March 14, 1941 - 2:30 p.m. Taken from tower No. 2. Looking Northwest at maintenance shops and stores at left and factory building in right center.'
'Photograph Number 113, March 14, 1941 - 2:30 P.M. Taken from tower no. 2, looking southeast at coke oven area in foreground and foundation work on pump and exhauster building in background.'
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va. Photograph Number 112. March 17. 1941, 3:00 P.M. Taken from tower number 1. Looking Southeast in maintenance shops and stores and construction pipe shop in background. Service building and main office in foreground.'
Coal Unloading Area , Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/03/31
Description:
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, West Virginia, 2:00 P.M. March 31, 1941. Looking South at Coal Unloading Area From Tower Number 3. Photograph No. 117.'
Catalyst and Caustic Buildings under Construction, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/04/15
Description:
'Photograph No. 121. Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, West Virginia, 10:30 A.M. April 15, 1941. Looking Northwest at Catalyst and Caustic Buildings From Tower Number 4.'
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, West Virginia, 11:30 A.M. April 15, 1941. Looking East at the Factory Building, Boiler House Silos, and Maintenance Shops and Stores From Tower Number 1. Photograph No. 122.'
Main Office, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/04/15
Description:
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, West Virginia, 11:30 A.M. April 15, 1941. Looking Southeast at Main Office Building From Tower Number 1. Photograph No. 123.'
Electrical Substation and Factory Building, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/04/30
Description:
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, West Virginia, 2:30 P.M. April 30, 1941. Looking East at Electrical Substation and Factory Building From Tower Number 1. Photograph No. 124.'
Electrical Substation, Factory Building, and Boiler House, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/05/15
Description:
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, West Virginia, 3:00 P.M. May 15, 1941. Looking East at Electrical Substation, Factory Building, and Boiler House From Tower Number 1. Photograph No. 129.'
Gas Holders and Boiler House, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/06/14
Description:
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, West Virginia, 10:00 A.M. June 14, 1941. Looking South at Gas Holders and Boiler House From Tower Number 4. Photograph No. 137.'
Aeration Towers and Factory Building, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/07/01
Description:
'Photograph No. 142; Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1:00 P.M. July 07, 1941. Looking Southwest at Aeration Towers and Factory Building From Tower Number 4.'
Electrical Substation, Factory Building, and Boiler House, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/07/01
Description:
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, West Virginia, 4:00 P.M. July 01, 1941. Looking East at Electrical Substation, Factory Building, and Boiler House From Tower Number 1. Photograph No. 140.'
Morgantown Ordnance Works Generator Building, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/07/01
Description:
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va., 10:00 A.M. July 1, 1941. Looking west at gas generator building from tower No. 3. Photograph Number 143.'
Factory Building and Boiler House, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/08/29
Description:
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, West Virginia, 3:00 P.M. August 29, 1941. Looking North at Factory Building and Boiler House From Tower Number 2. Photograph No. 153.'
Electrical Substation, Factory Building, and Boiler House, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/08/29
Description:
'Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, West Virginia, 4:00 P.M. August 29, 1941. Looking East at Electrical Substation, Factory Building and Boiler House From Tower Number 1. Photograph No. 154.'
'View of the speakers table at banquet held at Hotel Morgan, Morgantown, W. Va. on the evening of Nov. 17, 1941 at the conclusion of defense day celebration, which marked the start of production at Morgantown Ordnance Works. $38,000,000 anhydrous ammonia plant erected for the War Department by E. E. du Pont de Nemours and Co. under supervision of the construction division, Quartermaster Corps.'
'Major General Charles T. Harris, Jr. Ordnance Department, Washington D.C., was the guest of honor at banquet held in Hotel Morgan, Morgantown, West Virginia. November 17, 1941 at conclusion of defense day celebration. Pictured left to right at the speaker's table are: Lt. Col. W. R. Orton, commandent of the cadet corps, West Virginia University; Major General Harris; Robert G. Wilbourn, President, Morgantown Chamber of Congress and toastmaster at the dinner and Judge Herschel H. Rose of the West Virginia Supreme Court, one of the principal speakers.'
Guests at the Defense Day Banquet, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/11/17
Description:
'Among the guests of the Morgantown Chamber of Commerce at the defense day banquet held Nov. 17, 1941 in Hotel Morgan, Morgantown, W. Va. were the four representatives of the War Department and the duPont company pictured above. Left to right are: J. A. Grady, field project manager who was in charge of construction for E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co.; Major Alexander P. Gates, contract information section, construction division, Office of the Quartermaster General; S. K. Varnes, Chief Engineer, and Major Fred O. Mitchell, Deputy Zone Constructing Quartermaster, Columbus Ohio.'
Randolph, Jennings at the Defense Day Celebration, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/11/17
Description:
'We Mountaineers will do our share in the fight for liberty' Representative Jennings Randolph, a native of Morgantown, asserted during the mass meeting held in the field house at West Virginia University the afternoon of November 17, 1941. When the people of Morgantown, W. Va. held their Defense Day celebration.'
General Groves Visiting the Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/11/17
Description:
'Colonel Leslie R. Groves, chief of the operations Branch, Washington, D. C. Major Fred O. Mitchell, Deputy zone constructing quartermaster.' Picture taken at Morgantown Ordnance Works in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Aeration Towers and Factory Building, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1942/01/29
Description:
'U. S. Engineer Office, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Pittsburgh, PA. Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va. 2:00 P.M. on Jan. 29, 1942. Looking southwest at aeration towers and factory building area from Tower No. 4.'
Electrical Substation and Factory Building, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1942/01/29
Description:
'U. S. Engineer Office, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Pittsburgh, PA. Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va. 3:30 P.M. Jan. 29, 1942. Looking East at electrical substation and factory building.'
Water Cooling Tower, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1942/01/29
Description:
'U. S. Engineer Office, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Pittsburgh, PA. Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va. 4:00 P.M. Jan. 29, 1942. Looking Northeast at water cooling tower. No. 173.'
Administrative Maintenance Buildings and Boiler House Number 201, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1942/02/12
Description:
'United States Engineer Office. Corps of Engineers United States Army. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Morgantown Ordnance Works-Morgantown, West Virginia: General View of Administrative Maintenance Buildings and Boiler House Number 201-looking Southeast. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company- Contract W Ord-490- Contract date 11-28-40. Military Funds. February 12, 1942. No. 18808.'
Wharf and Coal Unloading Facilities, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1942/04/17
Description:
'United States Engineer Office. Corps of Engineers United States Army. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Morgantown Ordnance Works-Morgantown, West Virginia: Wharf and Coal Unloading Facilities-looking South. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company- Contract W Ord-490- Contract date 11-28-40. Military Funds. April 17, 1942. No. 19141.'
Boiler House Cooling Tower, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1942/05/26
Description:
'United States Engineer Office. Corps of Engineers United States Army. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Morgantown Ordnance Works-Morgantown, West Virginia: Boiler House Cooling Tower-looking Northeast. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company-Contract W Ord -490- Contract Date 11-28-40. Military Funds. May 26, 1942. No. 19377.'
Miscellaneous Manufacturing Area, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1942/11/09
Description:
'United States Engineer Office. Corps of Engineers United States Army. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Morgantown Ordnance Works-Morgantown, West Virginia: Miscellaneous Manufacturing area-looking Northwest. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company - Contract W Ord-490 - Contract date 11-28-40. Military Funds. November 9, 1942. No. 20261.'
Miscellaneous Manufacturing Area, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1942/11/09
Description:
'United States Engineer Office. Corps of Engineers United States Army. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Morgantown Ordnance Works-Morgantown, West Virginia: Miscellaneous Manufacturing Area-looking North. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company-Contract W Ord -490- Contract Date 11-28-40. Military Funds. November 09, 1942. No. 20262.'
Hexamine Building, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1942/11/09
Description:
'United States Engineer Office. Corps of Engineers United States Army. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Morgantown Ordnance Works-Morgantown, West Virginia: Hexamine Building-looking Southwest. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company-Contract W Ord -490- Contract Date 11-28-40. Military Funds. November 09, 1942. No. 20267.'
Morgantown Ordnance Works Light Oil Plant, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1942/11/09
Description:
'U.S. Engineer Office, Corp of Engineers, U. S. Army, Pittsburgh, PA; Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va., Light Oil Plant - Looking Northeast. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company - Contract W Ord-490 - Contract Date 11-28-40. Military Funds. November 9, 1942, No. 20264.'
Boiler House, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1942/12/02
Description:
'United States Engineer Office. Corps of Engineers United States Army. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Morgantown Ordnance Works-Morgantown, West Virginia: Boiler House-looking Northeast. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company- Contract W Ord-490- Contract date 11-28-40. Military Funds. December 02, 1942. No. 20339.'
Light Oil Plant, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1942/12/02
Description:
'United States Engineer Office. Corps of Engineers United States Army. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Morgantown Ordnance Works-Morgantown, West Virginia: Light Oil Plant-looking North. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company- Contract W Ord-490- Contract date 11-28-40. Military Funds. December 02, 1942. No. 20337.'
Shops and Storage Building Number 407, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1942/12/02
Description:
'United States Engineer Office. Corps of Engineers United States Army. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Morgantown Ordnance Works-Morgantown, West Virginia: Shops and Storage Building Number 407-looking Southeast. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company-Contract W Ord -490- Contract Date 11-28-40. Military Funds. December 02, 1942. No. 20340.'
Shops and Storage Building Number 407, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1942/12/02
Description:
'United States Engineer Office. Corps of Engineers United States Army. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Morgantown Ordnance Works-Morgantown, West Virginia: Shops and Storage Building Number 407-looking Southeast. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company- Contract W Ord-490- Contract date 11-28-40. Military Funds. December 2, 1942. No. 20407.'
Factory Building, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1942/12/02
Description:
'United States Engineer Office. Corps of Engineers United States Army. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Morgantown Ordnance Works-Morgantown, West Virginia: Factory Building-looking Southeast. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company-Contract W Ord -490- Contract Date 11-28-40. Military Funds. December 02, 1942. No. 20341.'
Light Oil Plant, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1942/12/02
Description:
'United States Engineer Office. Corps of Engineers United States Army. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Morgantown Ordnance Works-Morgantown, West Virginia: Light Oil Plant-Looking Northeast. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company-Contract W Ord -490- Contract Date 11-28-40. Military Funds. December 02, 1942. No. 20336.'