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S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 5, 1805 South Bannock Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 5, 1805 So...

Significance: The significance of the site arises from its role in processing various metals since 1918. At various periods of time, molyixlerum compounds, radium, uranium compounds, and rhenium were produced a... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest corner Hoadley & Magnolia Roads, Aberdeen, Harford County, MD

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest...

Significance: The building represents the response of the United States to the use of chemical weapons during World War I. It is the last remaining structure of the largest chemical manufacturing complex built... More

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Significance: Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works represent the most complete example known of the equipment used in the processing of cave saltpeter, a major component of gunpowder during the War of 1812. The works ... More

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Significance: Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works represent the most complete example known of the equipment used in the processing of cave saltpeter, a major component of gunpowder during the War of 1812. The works ... More

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building Nos. 13-14, 4041-4055 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building Nos. 13-14, 40...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sullivan Electrolytic Zinc Plant, Government Gulch, Kellogg, Shoshone County, ID
Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Significance: The Donovan Mill was the first cyanide process mill established on the Comstock, and opened the way for the great technological revolution in metallurgy. Unprocessed Field note material exists fo... More

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Significance: The Donovan Mill was the first cyanide process mill established on the Comstock, and opened the way for the great technological revolution in metallurgy. Unprocessed Field note material exists fo... More

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Significance: The Donovan Mill was the first cyanide process mill established on the Comstock, and opened the way for the great technological revolution in metallurgy. Unprocessed Field note material exists fo... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest corner Hoadley & Magnolia Roads, Aberdeen, Harford County, MD

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest...

Significance: The building represents the response of the United States to the use of chemical weapons during World War I. It is the last remaining structure of the largest chemical manufacturing complex built... More

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest corner Hoadley & Magnolia Roads, Aberdeen, Harford County, MD

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest...

Significance: The building represents the response of the United States to the use of chemical weapons during World War I. It is the last remaining structure of the largest chemical manufacturing complex built... More

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 4, 1805 South Bannock Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 4, 1805 So...

Significance: The significance of the site arises from its role in processing various metals since 1918. At various periods of time, molyixlerum compounds, radium, uranium compounds, and rhenium were produced a... More

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Significance: Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works represent the most complete example known of the equipment used in the processing of cave saltpeter, a major component of gunpowder during the War of 1812. The works ... More

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Significance: Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works represent the most complete example known of the equipment used in the processing of cave saltpeter, a major component of gunpowder during the War of 1812. The works ... More

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Significance: Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works represent the most complete example known of the equipment used in the processing of cave saltpeter, a major component of gunpowder during the War of 1812. The works ... More

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building Nos. 13-14, 4041-4055 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building Nos. 13-14, 40...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Significance: The Donovan Mill was the first cyanide process mill established on the Comstock, and opened the way for the great technological revolution in metallurgy. Unprocessed Field note material exists fo... More

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Significance: The Donovan Mill was the first cyanide process mill established on the Comstock, and opened the way for the great technological revolution in metallurgy. Unprocessed Field note material exists fo... More

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Significance: The Donovan Mill was the first cyanide process mill established on the Comstock, and opened the way for the great technological revolution in metallurgy. Unprocessed Field note material exists fo... More

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Significance: The Donovan Mill was the first cyanide process mill established on the Comstock, and opened the way for the great technological revolution in metallurgy. Unprocessed Field note material exists fo... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Ebensburg Coal Company Processing Plant & Powerhouse, Colver Mine, Reese Street between Third & Fourth Streets, Colver, Cambria County, PA

Ebensburg Coal Company Processing Plant & Powerhouse, Colver Mine, Ree...

Significance: Containing a tipple, cleaning plant and powerhouse, this structure served one of the largest and most productive mines in Cambria County. Survey number: HAER PA-237 Building/structure dates: 191... More

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 3, 1805 South Bannock Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 3, 1805 So...

Significance: The significance of the site arises from its role in processing various metals since 1918. At various periods of time, molyixlerum compounds, radium, uranium compounds, and rhenium were produced a... More

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 2, 1805 South Bannock Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 2, 1805 So...

Significance: The significance of the site arises from its role in processing various metals since 1918. At various periods of time, molyixlerum compounds, radium, uranium compounds, and rhenium were produced a... More

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 2, 1805 South Bannock Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 2, 1805 So...

Significance: The significance of the site arises from its role in processing various metals since 1918. At various periods of time, molyixlerum compounds, radium, uranium compounds, and rhenium were produced a... More

Sealing Plant, St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Saint George, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Sealing Plant, St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Saint George, Aleu...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest corner Hoadley & Magnolia Roads, Aberdeen, Harford County, MD

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest...

Significance: The building represents the response of the United States to the use of chemical weapons during World War I. It is the last remaining structure of the largest chemical manufacturing complex built... More

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest corner Hoadley & Magnolia Roads, Aberdeen, Harford County, MD

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest...

Significance: The building represents the response of the United States to the use of chemical weapons during World War I. It is the last remaining structure of the largest chemical manufacturing complex built... More

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Significance: Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works represent the most complete example known of the equipment used in the processing of cave saltpeter, a major component of gunpowder during the War of 1812. The works ... More

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Significance: Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works represent the most complete example known of the equipment used in the processing of cave saltpeter, a major component of gunpowder during the War of 1812. The works ... More

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Significance: Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works represent the most complete example known of the equipment used in the processing of cave saltpeter, a major component of gunpowder during the War of 1812. The works ... More

Allendale Coal Processing Plant, Tipple & Conveyor, South of State Route 869, Beaverdale, Cambria County, PA

Allendale Coal Processing Plant, Tipple & Conveyor, South of State Rou...

Survey number: HAER PA-181-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1950 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1959 Subsequent Work

Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill & Veneer Plant, Roosevelt Avenue at Carteret Avenue, Carteret, Middlesex County, NJ

Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill & Veneer Plant, Roosevelt Avenue at...

Significance: The Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill and Veneer Plant was at one time the nation's leading firm for the manufacture and distribution of fine domesticated and foreign hard woods. The WIlliams fa... More

Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill & Veneer Plant, Roosevelt Avenue at Carteret Avenue, Carteret, Middlesex County, NJ

Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill & Veneer Plant, Roosevelt Avenue at...

Significance: The Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill and Veneer Plant was at one time the nation's leading firm for the manufacture and distribution of fine domesticated and foreign hard woods. The WIlliams fa... More

Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill & Veneer Plant, Roosevelt Avenue at Carteret Avenue, Carteret, Middlesex County, NJ

Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill & Veneer Plant, Roosevelt Avenue at...

Significance: The Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill and Veneer Plant was at one time the nation's leading firm for the manufacture and distribution of fine domesticated and foreign hard woods. The WIlliams fa... More

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building Nos. 13-14, 4041-4055 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building Nos. 13-14, 40...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Significance: The Donovan Mill was the first cyanide process mill established on the Comstock, and opened the way for the great technological revolution in metallurgy. Unprocessed Field note material exists fo... More

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Significance: The Donovan Mill was the first cyanide process mill established on the Comstock, and opened the way for the great technological revolution in metallurgy. Unprocessed Field note material exists fo... More

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Significance: The Donovan Mill was the first cyanide process mill established on the Comstock, and opened the way for the great technological revolution in metallurgy. Unprocessed Field note material exists fo... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Bureau of Mines Boulder City Experimental Station, Date Street north of U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

Bureau of Mines Boulder City Experimental Station, Date Street north o...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 5, 1805 South Bannock Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 5, 1805 So...

Significance: The significance of the site arises from its role in processing various metals since 1918. At various periods of time, molyixlerum compounds, radium, uranium compounds, and rhenium were produced a... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Department of Energy, Grand Junction Office, Building No. 33, 2597 B3/4 Road, Grand Junction, Mesa County, CO

Department of Energy, Grand Junction Office, Building No. 33, 2597 B3/...

Survey number: HAER CO-87-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sealing Plant, St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Saint George, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Sealing Plant, St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Saint George, Aleu...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Significance: Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works represent the most complete example known of the equipment used in the processing of cave saltpeter, a major component of gunpowder during the War of 1812. The works ... More

Rocky Flats Plant, Plutonium Recovery & Fabrication Facility, North-central section of plant, Golden, Jefferson County, CO

Rocky Flats Plant, Plutonium Recovery & Fabrication Facility, North-ce...

Significance: This building is a primary contributor of the Rocky Flats Plant historic district, and is associated with the U.S. strategy of nuclear military deterrence during the Cold War, a strategy considere... More

Sullivan Electrolytic Zinc Plant, Government Gulch, Kellogg, Shoshone County, ID

Sullivan Electrolytic Zinc Plant, Government Gulch, Kellogg, Shoshone ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Significance: The Donovan Mill was the first cyanide process mill established on the Comstock, and opened the way for the great technological revolution in metallurgy. Unprocessed Field note material exists fo... More

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Significance: The Donovan Mill was the first cyanide process mill established on the Comstock, and opened the way for the great technological revolution in metallurgy. Unprocessed Field note material exists fo... More

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Significance: The Donovan Mill was the first cyanide process mill established on the Comstock, and opened the way for the great technological revolution in metallurgy. Unprocessed Field note material exists fo... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 5, 1805 South Bannock Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 5, 1805 So...

Significance: The significance of the site arises from its role in processing various metals since 1918. At various periods of time, molyixlerum compounds, radium, uranium compounds, and rhenium were produced a... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest corner Hoadley & Magnolia Roads, Aberdeen, Harford County, MD

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest...

Significance: The building represents the response of the United States to the use of chemical weapons during World War I. It is the last remaining structure of the largest chemical manufacturing complex built... More

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest corner Hoadley & Magnolia Roads, Aberdeen, Harford County, MD

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest...

Significance: The building represents the response of the United States to the use of chemical weapons during World War I. It is the last remaining structure of the largest chemical manufacturing complex built... More

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 4, 1805 South Bannock Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 4, 1805 So...

Significance: The significance of the site arises from its role in processing various metals since 1918. At various periods of time, molyixlerum compounds, radium, uranium compounds, and rhenium were produced a... More

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Significance: Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works represent the most complete example known of the equipment used in the processing of cave saltpeter, a major component of gunpowder during the War of 1812. The works ... More

Rocky Flats Plant, Plutonium Recovery & Fabrication Facility, North-central section of plant, Golden, Jefferson County, CO

Rocky Flats Plant, Plutonium Recovery & Fabrication Facility, North-ce...

Significance: This building is a primary contributor of the Rocky Flats Plant historic district, and is associated with the U.S. strategy of nuclear military deterrence during the Cold War, a strategy considere... More

Rocky Flats Plant, Plutonium Recovery & Fabrication Facility, North-central section of plant, Golden, Jefferson County, CO

Rocky Flats Plant, Plutonium Recovery & Fabrication Facility, North-ce...

Significance: This building is a primary contributor of the Rocky Flats Plant historic district, and is associated with the U.S. strategy of nuclear military deterrence during the Cold War, a strategy considere... More

Rocky Flats Plant, Plutonium Recovery & Fabrication Facility, North-central section of plant, Golden, Jefferson County, CO

Rocky Flats Plant, Plutonium Recovery & Fabrication Facility, North-ce...

Significance: This building is a primary contributor of the Rocky Flats Plant historic district, and is associated with the U.S. strategy of nuclear military deterrence during the Cold War, a strategy considere... More

Rocky Flats Plant, Plutonium Recovery & Fabrication Facility, North-central section of plant, Golden, Jefferson County, CO

Rocky Flats Plant, Plutonium Recovery & Fabrication Facility, North-ce...

Significance: This building is a primary contributor of the Rocky Flats Plant historic district, and is associated with the U.S. strategy of nuclear military deterrence during the Cold War, a strategy considere... More

Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill & Veneer Plant, Roosevelt Avenue at Carteret Avenue, Carteret, Middlesex County, NJ

Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill & Veneer Plant, Roosevelt Avenue at...

Significance: The Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill and Veneer Plant was at one time the nation's leading firm for the manufacture and distribution of fine domesticated and foreign hard woods. The WIlliams fa... More

Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill & Veneer Plant, Roosevelt Avenue at Carteret Avenue, Carteret, Middlesex County, NJ

Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill & Veneer Plant, Roosevelt Avenue at...

Significance: The Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill and Veneer Plant was at one time the nation's leading firm for the manufacture and distribution of fine domesticated and foreign hard woods. The WIlliams fa... More

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Significance: The Donovan Mill was the first cyanide process mill established on the Comstock, and opened the way for the great technological revolution in metallurgy. Unprocessed Field note material exists fo... More

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Significance: The Donovan Mill was the first cyanide process mill established on the Comstock, and opened the way for the great technological revolution in metallurgy. Unprocessed Field note material exists fo... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Clay Spur Bentonite Plant & Camp, Clay Spur Siding on Burlington Northern Railroad, Osage, Weston County, WY

Clay Spur Bentonite Plant & Camp, Clay Spur Siding on Burlington North...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 2, 1805 South Bannock Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 2, 1805 So...

Significance: The significance of the site arises from its role in processing various metals since 1918. At various periods of time, molyixlerum compounds, radium, uranium compounds, and rhenium were produced a... More

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 2, 1805 South Bannock Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Incorporated, Building No. 2, 1805 So...

Significance: The significance of the site arises from its role in processing various metals since 1918. At various periods of time, molyixlerum compounds, radium, uranium compounds, and rhenium were produced a... More

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest corner Hoadley & Magnolia Roads, Aberdeen, Harford County, MD

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest...

Significance: The building represents the response of the United States to the use of chemical weapons during World War I. It is the last remaining structure of the largest chemical manufacturing complex built... More

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest corner Hoadley & Magnolia Roads, Aberdeen, Harford County, MD

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest...

Significance: The building represents the response of the United States to the use of chemical weapons during World War I. It is the last remaining structure of the largest chemical manufacturing complex built... More

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest corner Hoadley & Magnolia Roads, Aberdeen, Harford County, MD

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest...

Significance: The building represents the response of the United States to the use of chemical weapons during World War I. It is the last remaining structure of the largest chemical manufacturing complex built... More

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest corner Hoadley & Magnolia Roads, Aberdeen, Harford County, MD

Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Phosphorous Processing Plant, Northwest...

Significance: The building represents the response of the United States to the use of chemical weapons during World War I. It is the last remaining structure of the largest chemical manufacturing complex built... More

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Significance: Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works represent the most complete example known of the equipment used in the processing of cave saltpeter, a major component of gunpowder during the War of 1812. The works ... More

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, KY

Significance: Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works represent the most complete example known of the equipment used in the processing of cave saltpeter, a major component of gunpowder during the War of 1812. The works ... More

Rocky Flats Plant, Plutonium Recovery & Fabrication Facility, North-central section of plant, Golden, Jefferson County, CO

Rocky Flats Plant, Plutonium Recovery & Fabrication Facility, North-ce...

Significance: This building is a primary contributor of the Rocky Flats Plant historic district, and is associated with the U.S. strategy of nuclear military deterrence during the Cold War, a strategy considere... More

Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill & Veneer Plant, Roosevelt Avenue at Carteret Avenue, Carteret, Middlesex County, NJ

Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill & Veneer Plant, Roosevelt Avenue at...

Significance: The Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill and Veneer Plant was at one time the nation's leading firm for the manufacture and distribution of fine domesticated and foreign hard woods. The WIlliams fa... More

Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill & Veneer Plant, Roosevelt Avenue at Carteret Avenue, Carteret, Middlesex County, NJ

Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill & Veneer Plant, Roosevelt Avenue at...

Significance: The Ichabod T. Williams & Sons Sawmill and Veneer Plant was at one time the nation's leading firm for the manufacture and distribution of fine domesticated and foreign hard woods. The WIlliams fa... More

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Significance: The Donovan Mill was the first cyanide process mill established on the Comstock, and opened the way for the great technological revolution in metallurgy. Unprocessed Field note material exists fo... More

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