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Nitro smokeless powder plant auction promises vast works
Sealed bids for United States Explosives Plant C at Nitro West Virginia open September 30 1919. The facility spans about 1800 acres with sulfuric and nitric acid units a cotton purification plant and a full civic community including housing schools hotels a 400 bed hospital and extensive utilities and rail systems. Bids may be cash or partially deferred with security and must cover all U S interest in the property.
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I. H. Francis
Ordnance District Salvage Board
Market Street
Philadelphia
United States Government
Nitro
West Virginia
United States