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St. Louis Army Ammunition Plant
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St. Louis Army Ammunition Plant
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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St. Louis Army Ammunition Plant They produced .30-06 ammo here and later 20mm and other large caliber rounds. Since been demolished.
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Type: Building
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: Moderate
Recommendation: worth the trip
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rust unsafe flooring Hazerdous Residues from former munitions wastes
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The large open main building is massive, with still accessible catwalks at the very top. There are also four other buildings on the site, while not as large or impressive.
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fences barbed wire VERY VISIBLE - be careful
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flashlight gloves long pants / sleeves towelettes
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This plant manufactured ammunition beginning in the 1940s, and was used extensively during WWII. It was also reactivated during the Korean and Vietnam wars. It remained in use by certain Army Reserve units until it was abandoned completely in 1998.
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There are rumours of plans to raze the site, but I'm not sure what will be built in it's place or even when this is scheduled to occur. UPDATE - site has since been demolished....
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
Category |
Rating |
Photography |
7 / 10 |
Coolness |
8 / 10 |
Content Quality |
7 / 10 |
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 4/20/2007 2:51 AM.
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on Apr 20 07 at 2:51, Emperor Wang validated this location on Apr 19 07 at 0:24, Mr. Kalashnikov changed the following: Status, Future Plans, Description on Sep 16 06 at 3:15, Emperor Wang validated this location on Sep 12 06 at 15:26, Mr. Kalashnikov updated gallery picture bananafetish.JPG on Aug 24 06 at 21:27, Emperor Wang validated this location on Aug 24 06 at 1:11, Mr. Kalashnikov updated gallery picture outside3.JPG on Aug 24 06 at 1:10, Mr. Kalashnikov swapped pictures 23 and 24 on Aug 24 06 at 1:10, Mr. Kalashnikov swapped pictures 22 and 23 on Aug 24 06 at 1:10, Mr. Kalashnikov swapped pictures 21 and 22 on Aug 24 06 at 1:10, Mr. Kalashnikov swapped pictures 19 and 20
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