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Title	Newport VX former production facility
Description	Photograph of construction during the conversion from the heavy water to the VX plant. In April 1961, the U.S. Army converted the former Dana Heavy Water Production Plant in Newport, to produce the nerve agent VX as a deterrent to other countries using chemical weapons against American soldiers and their allies. The VX plant produced approximately 4,400 tons of VX during operations between 1961 and 1968. In 1997 the U.S. Congress ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention requiring destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles and non-stockpile chemical material, including the one in Newport. Destruction of the former production facility was completed in 2006.
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; Non stockpile
Subject, LCSH	Neutralization (Chemistry) Newport Chemical Depot (Newport, Ind.) Chemical agents (Munitions)
WV3 Subject	Business & Industry Wars & Conflicts
Date Digital	2009
Date Original	1968
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Vermillion County -- Newport
Type	Still Image
Material Type	Photographs
Technical Metadata	image/jpeg
Source	U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency

Newport VX former production facility

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