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UER Forum > Archived US: Great Lakes > Kingsbury Ordinance Plant (Viewed 709 times) Poll Question: Is this good for a first post? Total Votes: 15 1. great first post 8 53.33 % 2. ok for first try 5 33.33 % 3. could use some help 0 0 % 4. sucked 2 13.33 % notscared09  Location: Nappanee,IN Gender: Male Trespasser From Hell  |  Kingsbury Ordinance Plant < on 11/8/2009 3:29 AM >   Hello everyone, I am new here however not new to exploration. Please be patient as this is my first post with pics. Kingsbury ordinance plant produced shells, cartridges and mortar rounds for WWII and the Korean conflict. The plant consisted of several ammunition factories and storage bunkers occupying over 10,000 acres. Kingsbury opened in 1941 but began closing in 1945, however re-opened again in 1951 for the Korean War. The pictures of the bunkers with the tar paper roofs are occupied as storage for factories, one is used as a pyrotechnics storage bunker. The large building with the stairway is 4 stories tall. The massive cannon looking thing was to test TNT or Mortar rounds I believe. Does anyone else have any info on this pic? It stand around 50 feet tall and built into a hill packed with sand. All other buildings are miscellaneous and empty. click to view click to view click to view click to view click to view click to view click to view click to view click to view click to view click to view click to view click to view click to view click to view If it says "Do Not Enter", I feel officially invited jacunda  Location: Toledo area Gender: Male  |  |  Re: Kingsbury Ordinance Plant <Reply # 1 on 11/9/2009 5:01 PM >   Nice pics. What's with the building with the 'XXX' painted on it??? seicer  Location: New York Gender: Male  |  |  Re: Kingsbury Ordinance Plant <Reply # 2 on 11/9/2009 5:10 PM >   "XXX" indicates that there may be black powder residue in the buildings. It indicates that it is not a clean room. Abandoned jacunda  Location: Toledo area Gender: Male  |  |  Re: Kingsbury Ordinance Plant <Reply # 3 on 11/9/2009 8:13 PM >   k, thx! uLiveAndYouBurn  Location: Beyond Anarchocommunist  |  Re: Kingsbury Ordinance Plant <Reply # 4 on 11/12/2009 5:57 AM >   Stay away from Lord Awesome if you can help it. That kid is bad news... "Aint nothin' to it but to do it" Babushka  Location: Minnesota Gender: Male  |  Re: Kingsbury Ordinance Plant <Reply # 5 on 11/13/2009 3:36 AM >   Awesome! There is an ordinance plant here in MN with a similar history behind it. GFDtrk7  Gender: Male  |  |  Re: Kingsbury Ordinance Plant <Reply # 6 on 11/14/2009 5:45 AM >   Unless it's gone, there used to be a fire escape slide at the remains of the main building, that & tons of shredded tires. There was a website that I think is gone now, that had some old photos of the place when it was in operation. 9/11/01 all gave some, some gave all. 343. whistlebait  This member has been banned. See the banlist for more information. Location: Cincinnati, OH Gender: Female "There is no top. There are always further heights to reach."  |  |  Re: Kingsbury Ordinance Plant <Reply # 7 on 11/21/2009 8:26 PM >   Mmmmmm, filled with bunkery goodness! XXX means rated for mature ordinances only, be careful what you step on. "I occasionally play works by contemporary composers for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven." -Jascha Heifetz -Little known fact, Serious Cat is the enforcer of Ceiling Cat BikerSC  Location: SW Michigan Gender: Male  |  |  Re: Kingsbury Ordinance Plant <Reply # 8 on 12/2/2009 1:35 AM >   Nice. The gun thing is atop the firing range backstop. I believe it launched something out into the range to be fired at....moving target. That range was used up into the 2000's I believe. UER Forum > Archived US: Great Lakes > Kingsbury Ordinance Plant (Viewed 709 times) All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 140 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 741940833 pages have been generated.