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Title	Heavy water production facility
Description	Photograph of heavy water production facility. In 1943, du Pont was awarded a contract to build a heavy water production facility to support the research and development of the atomic bomb. Heavy water production took place between 1944 and 1946 at the Wabash River Ordnance Works.
Author	U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency
Repository	Newport Chemical Depot / CMA Headquarters - Public Affairs Office, 1-800-488-0648, toll free
Copyright	U. S. Army Chemical Materials Agency http://www.cma.army.mil/notices.aspx
Subject, Local	VX; Du Pont; Heavy Water;
Subject, LCSH	Newport Chemical Depot (Newport, Ind.) Neutralization (Chemistry) Chemical agents (Munitions)
WV3 Subject	Business & Industry Wars & Conflicts
Date Digital	2009
Date Original	ca. 1940
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Vermillion County -- Newport
Type	Still Image
Material Type	Photographs
Technical Metadata	image/jpeg
Source	U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency

Heavy water production facility

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