Dublin in Pulaski County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
New River Ordnance Plant
Photographed By Roger Miller, November 7, 2018
1. New River Ordnance Plant Marker
Inscription.
New River Ordnance Plant. . Just south of here stood the New River Ordnance Plant, or Dublin Bagging Plant, a World War II facility established primarily for the bagging of propellant used for firing artillery shells. Construction of the plant, designed and operated by the Hercules Powder Company, begin in Feb. 1941 on nearly 4,000 acres of former farmland. Thousands of employees, many of them women, manufactured bags, loaded them with powder, waterproofed artillery propellants, and made cannon flash reducers. The plant shipped nearly 144,000 tons of powder before being declared surplus in 1945. Portions of the property were sold, while about 2,800 acres later became part of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant.
Just south of here stood the New River Ordnance Plant, or Dublin Bagging Plant, a World War II facility established primarily for the bagging of propellant used for firing artillery shells. Construction of the plant, designed and operated by the Hercules Powder Company, begin in Feb. 1941 on nearly 4,000 acres of former farmland. Thousands of employees, many of them women, manufactured bags, loaded them with powder, waterproofed artillery propellants, and made cannon flash reducers. The plant shipped nearly 144,000 tons of powder before being declared surplus in 1945. Portions of the property were sold, while about 2,800 acres later became part of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant.
Erected 2017 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number K-284.)
Location. 37° 6.344′ N, 80° 40.304′ W. Marker is in Dublin, Virginia, in Pulaski County. Marker is at the intersection of Bagging Plant Road (Virginia Route 617) and Dunlap Road, on the left when traveling north on Bagging Plant Road
Credits. This page was last revised on November 10, 2018. It was originally submitted on November 7, 2018, by Roger Miller of Pulaski, Virginia. This page has been viewed 807 times since then and 200 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 7, 2018, by Roger Miller of Pulaski, Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.