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Army to Build $32 Million Gun Barrel Plant Near Point Pleasant
The Army plans a 32 million dollar gun barrel plant on the West Virginia Ordnance Works site near Point Pleasant, operated by National Tube Co. The facility will start with about 200 workers and grow to over 1,000 as production begins, with planning and design likely preceding actual construction. Col. Walter F. Krueger Jr. will oversee the project, part of broader postwar industrial development in Mason County led by local businessmen and the Chamber of Commerce.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Army
West Virginia Ordnance Works
National Tube Co
Tually
Huntington District Corps of Engineers
Walter F. Krue
Ger, Jr
Huntington Engineers
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Industrial Rayon Corporation of Cleveland
The
State Conservation Commission
Kanawha Maple Manufacturing Co
Mason Furniture Corporation
National Guard Ordnance Company
Walden F. Roush
James J. Hall
Walter S. Selby
Warren T. King
E. B. Jones
L. W. Getty
John V. Mann
Chester A. Roush
George G. Somerville
Dewey A. Windsor
James T. Fish
Ohio
Kanawha
Appalachian Electric Power Co
American Gas and Electric Co
New York City
United Fuel Gas Co
Charleston
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Middleport
Ohio River
Gallipolis
Liverpool
Hartford
Sylvania Electric Co
J. T. Weissenburger
24Th St
Sylvania
Navy
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Marietta
West Virginia Malleable Iron Co
West Virginia