plum brook, industrial history

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Ammonia Oxidation Plant at Plum Brook Ordnance Works

Ammonia Oxidation Plant at Plum Brook Ordnance Works

An ammonia oxidation plant at the Plum Brook Ordnance Works near Sandusky, Ohio, which later became the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Plum Brook Station. During World War II the ordnanc... More

Pressure tank shipped via railway

Pressure tank shipped via railway

The pressure tank was shipped to Plum Brook via railway, and transported to the reactor facility on a flatbed truck. The tank was then rolled to a crane, which lifted it into place at the center of the unfinish... More

NASA PLUM BROOK STATION SOFT TOWER BED AT THE FABRICATION SHOP

NASA PLUM BROOK STATION SOFT TOWER BED AT THE FABRICATION SHOP

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 7/21/1978 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Plum Brook 1978_02664.jpg c1978_02600s Plum Brook Station Plumbrook Plumbrook Station Larsen Scan Geo... More

Inside the containment vessel. NASA public domain image colelction.

Inside the containment vessel. NASA public domain image colelction.

Inside the containment vessel during construction...Image # : C-2003-832 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Technicians with cutie pie radiation detector

Technicians with cutie pie radiation detector

A technician emerges from the rear of a hot laboratory cell in full protective gear carrying a cutie pie radiation detector. Another technician wheels open the massive sixty-inch-thick concrete door plug.