Production. New Tennessee Valley Authority synthetic ammonia plant. An operator adjusts a gate valve in the ammonia condenser section of the TVA's new synthetic ammonia plant in the Muscle Shoals area. Ammonia is made here by the high-pressure synthesis of nitrogen and hydrogen. The ammonia thus secured is converted at Muscle Shoals into ammonium nitrate for use in the making of high explosive shells. In addition to the production of munitions, the TVA is engaged in research in many fields, seeking new sources of strategic materials and better ways to utilize them in the war effort
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Public domain photograph of Alabama in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1942
Contributors
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
Location
alabama
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain