Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant | |
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Active | 1942–1997 |
Country | United States |
Website | http://www.jmc.army.mil/ |
The Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant (LOW) was a 8,493-acre (34.37 km2) government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO) facility in Karnack, Texas that was established in 1942. The Monsanto Chemical Company selected the site in December 1941 to produce TNT.[1] The plant produced 393,000,000 pounds of TNT throughout World War II.[2] After the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty on December 8, 1987, the Longhorn plant was used to destroy Pershing 1a and Pershing II missiles.[3] The plant was operated by Thiokol.
The property was transferred to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in 2000 to become the Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge.[4]