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Factory near the river.

1. Morgantown Ordnance Works Plant, Morgantown, W. Va.

Factory in Morgantown, W. Va. Perhaps 'Ordnance Works'. Across the river.

2. Plant, Morgantown, W. Va.

Storage tanks from Morgantown Ordnance works located at the mouth of the Mississippi River.

3. Storage Tanks from the Morgantown Ordnance Works on the Mississippi River

View of Morgantown Ordnance Works, located in Morgantown, W. Va.

4. Three Views Over Time of the Site of the Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.

Storage tanks from Morgantown Ordnance Works taken at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Large bridge seen behind the storage tanks.

5. Storage Tanks from the Morgantown Ordnance Works on the Mississippi River

Aerial view of Morgantown Ordnance Works located in Morgantown, W. Va. River seen near plant.

6. Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.

Storage tanks from Morgantown Ordnance Works seen close up. Two men standing on on ladder near the first tank.

7. Morgantown Ordnance Works Storage Tanks, Morgantown, W. Va.

Storage tank from Morgantown Ordnance Works being transported. Preparation for lifting may be in progress.

8. Storage Tanks from the Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.

'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. <br /><br /><br /><br />

9. General Groves Visiting the Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.

'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.'

10. Defense Day Celebration, Morgantown, W. Va.

A portrait of Major General C. T. Harris, Jr., Chief of Industrial Service, Office of the Chief of Ordnance; 'No objection to reproducing or publishing this picture provided credit line 'Photo By U.S. Army Signal Corps' appears on the photograph or page, except that permission must be obtained from the War Department if it is desired for use in commerical advertising.'

11. Harris, Major General C. T. Jr., Chief of Industrial Service, Office of the Chief of Ordnance,

'Major Emil F. Werly, Commanding Officer, Morgantown Ordnance Works, formerly Commanding Officer of the Kankakee Ordnance Works, Joliet, Illinois.'

12. Werly, Major Emil F., Commanding Officer of the Morgantown Ordnance Works

13. Werly, Major Emil F., Commanding Officer of the Morgantown Ordnance Works

'Chief of the Operations Branch, Construction Division, Office of the Quartermaster General.  Watch your credit.  No objection to reproducing or publishing this picture provided credit line 'Photo By U. S. Army Signal Corps' appears on the photograph or page, except that written permission must be obtained from the War Department if it is desired for use in commercial advertising.'

14. Groves, Col. Leslie R.

'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.'

15. Defense Day Celebration, Morgantown, W. Va.

'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.'

16. Guests at the Defense Day Banquet, Morgantown, W. Va.

General view of site.

17. Morgantown Ordnance Works Site Showing Construction Office, Morgantown, W. Va.

18. Construction Office, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.

'U. S. Engineer Office; Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Pittsburgh, PA. No. 21671.'

19. Interior of Works Laboratory, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.

'3:00 P.M. on August 29, 1941 Looking Southeast at coke oven area from Tower No. 2. Photograph No. 152'

20. Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.