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WWII Industrial Facilities: Authorized Federally Funded Facilities

Iowa
City Operator Product Type War Product or Service
Algona U S Government, Commodity Credit Corp Hemp fiber Hemp fiber
Bettendorf Air Reduction Sales Co Oxygen Oxygen
Bettendorf Bettendorf Co Pumps and pumping equipment Paravane and mine sweeping gears
Bettendorf International Harvester Co Light tanks, armor castings, medium tractors M-5, tank parts M-7, prime movers M-5 Light tanks, armor castings, medium tractors M-5, tank parts M-7, prime movers M-5
Bettendorf Ordnance Steel Foundry Corp Tank armor castings Tank armor castings
Bettendorf Zimmerman Steel Casting Co, Rock Island Arsenal Steel Foundry Div steel castings for ordnance material steel castings for ordnance material
Boone Metalsalts Corp Red mercuric oxide Red mercuric oxide
Boone U S Government, Commodity Credit Corp hemp fiber hemp fiber
Britt U S Government, Commodity Credit Corp hemp fiber hemp fiber
Burlington Case J I Co Agricultural machinery Bomber wings
Burlington Day and Zimmerman Inc, Iowa Ordnance Plant Bomb loading 100 lab, Shells loading, 75,mm H E, Shells loading, 155 mm H E primers, percussion elements, detonators, land mines Bomb loading 100 lab, Shells loading, 75,mm H E, Shells loading, 155 mm H E primers, percussion elements, detonators, land mines
Cedar Rapids Century Engineering Co Heating apparatus Bomb tail fuzes and parts
Cedar Rapids Collins Radio Co Radio apparatus Radio equipment
Centerville Hercules Mfg Co Foundry products Steel castings
Charles City Oliver Corp Twin disc clutches for diesel engines Twin disc clutches for diesel engines
Clinton Clinton Products Co Dried solubles Dried solubles
Clinton Clinton Products Co Commercial alcohol Commercial alcohol
Clinton General Finance Corp Engines and turbines Idler shafts, roller assemblies, tank gudgeons, generating sets, control panels, internal combustion engines
Des Moines Firestone Tire and Rubber New plant Military tires and tubes
Des Moines Lake Shore Tire and Rubber Co Rubber products Crude rubber tires, synthetic rubber tires, bullet sealing tires
Des Moines Solar Aircraft Co new plant exhaust manifolds, muffs, flame dampers
Des Moines U S Rubber Co, Des Moines Ordnance Plant new plant ammunition, 30 cal., ammunition, 50 cal., ammunition, 50 cal. R. G.
Eagle Grove U S Government, Commodity Credit Corp hemp fiber hemp fiber
Estherville Estherville Cooperative Cream Assn Dairy products Milk powder
Grungy Center U S Government, Commodity Credit Corp hemp fiber hemp fiber
Hampton U S Government, Commodity Credit Corp hemp fiber hemp fiber
Humboldt U S Government, Commodity Credit Corp hemp fiber hemp fiber
Iowa Falls U S Government, Commodity Credit Corp hemp fiber hemp fiber
Keokuk Keokuk Electro-metals Co Ferro silicon alloys Silver iron and ferro-silicon alloys
Mason City U S Government, Commodity Credit Corp hemp fiber hemp fiber
Muscatine Grain Processing Corp Ethyl alcohol, 190 proof Ethyl alcohol, 190 proof
Newark Cryden Rubber Co Rubber products N C gas masks
Newton Maytag Co Domestic laundry equipment Aircraft hydraulic cylinders bomb bay mechanisms and speed reducers, electric landing gear mechanisms, tank track pins bomb nose fuzes
Newton Parsons Co Construction machinery, automobile stamping Bleached raisens
Newton Parsons Co Construction machinery, automobile stamping Bombs, 250 10 G P, rocket body, 4.5", bombs, 100# M-30 A1 G P, fragmentation bombs, 260# T-10
Rockford U S Government, Commodity Credit Corp hemp fiber hemp fiber
Sibley Osceola County Coperative Creamery Ass'n Daily products skim milk powder, butter fat in cream
Sioux City Sherman Food Processing Co preserved foods Dehydrated potatoes and carrots
Traer U S Government, Commodity Credit Corp hemp fiber hemp fiber
Waterloo Deere John Tractor Co tractors Final drive transmission units for m3 and m4 tanks and tractors
Waterloo Iowa Transmission Co transmission and final drive assemblies transmission and final drive assemblies
Waverly Waverly Sugar Co white sugar, pulp and molasses white sugar, pulp and molasses