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WWII Industrial Facilities: Authorized Federally Funded Facilities

Massachusetts
City Operator Product Type War Product or Service
Ashland Lombard Governor Corp Governors, pumps turbine parts
Avon Avon Sole Co Rubber products Synthetic rubber soles and hells
Beverly Metal Hydrides Calcium Hydride Calcium hydride
Beverly United Shoe Machinery Corp shoe machinery ANTI-TANK GUNS,37MM.M-5 AND M-6, FUSE SETTER RAMMERS, 90MM.
Beverly United Shoe Machinery Corp shoe machinery aircraft knuckle fittings
Boston Bethlehem Steel Corp, Shipbuilding Division Shipbuilding and repair Ship conversion and repair
Boston Campbell A S Co Chemical motor shells 4.2" Chemical motor shells 4.2"
Boston Clifford Mfg Co Steam fittings Aluminum radiators and oil coolers p-38 and p-40, Extruded coolant tubes
Boston Commercial Investment Trust Corp, Holtzer-cabot Electric Co Electrical equipment Field telephone sets ee8a, Airplane inverters mg-149 and mg-153, Filters for mg-149 and mg-153 motor generator sets, Fractional hp motors
Boston Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Co Steam fittings Safety and relief valves
Boston General Alloys Co Iron foundry Nickel and chromium, alloy steel castings
Boston General Ship and Engine Works Shipbuilding and repair Tugs, V -8, conversion and repair
Boston Hartford Electric Steel Corp, Roxbury Steel Casting Co Steel castings Steel castings
Boston Keystone Mfg Co tools Bomb bursters, noses and plugs
Boston Lawley George and Sons Corp Shipbuilding and repair Chemical motor shells,4.2"
Boston Meisel Press Mfg Co Special machinery Aviation Gears
Boston Sturtevant B F Co blowers and fans turbines, turbo-blowers
Boston Sturtevant B F Co blowers and fans Steam engines
Boston Sturtevant Mill Co industrial machinery exhaust castings and valves
Boston U S Government, Navy Department, Navy Department, Yards Destroyers, destroyer escort vessels, landing ships, tanks, covered lighters, barracks, ships, repairs Destroyers, destroyer escort vessels, landing ships, tanks, covered lighters, barracks, ships, repairs
Boston U S Government, Navy Department, Navy Department, Yards OPTICAL EQUIPMENT OPTICAL EQUIPMENT
Boston U S Government, War Department, Ordnance Plants, War Information Office Of Communication communication
Boston Woods S A Machine Co wood working machinery projectiles, 3" AA, shot, 75MM, S AP
Brighton Rivett Lathe and Grinder Inc Machine tools Lathes and internal grinders
Cambridge Polaroid Corp Opthalmic goods optical instruments, lenses and prisms
Cambridge United Carr Fastener Corp automobile stampings pipeline transportation
Canton Plymouth Rubber Co Inc Rubber products rubber products
Chelsea Panther-Panco Rubber Co Inc Rubber products rubber soles, rubber heels
Chicopee American Bosch Corp New plant Fuel injection equipment
Chicopee Sickles F W Co radio coils air trimmer condensers, molded mica condensers, coils, rf
Chicopee Spalding A G and Bros Inc sporting goods projectiles,20mm and plug for shells
Chicopee Spalding A G and Bros Inc sporting goods projectiles,20mm and plug for shells
Chicopee Falls Savage Arms Corp Firearms sub-machine gun parts, rifle parts,303 enfield
Chicopee Falls U S Rubber Co, Fiske Tire Plant rubber products heavy service tire castings and tubes, fuel cells, B-24D, royalin fittings, automobile tires
Clinton Wickwire Spencer Steel Co wire products concertika barbed wire
East Boston Campbell A S Co Cartridge cases, 20mm Cartridge cases, 20mm
East Boston Walsh Construction Co Thompson's paint plant Bombs 500 # G.P.
East Boston Walsh Construction Co Thompson's paint plant bombs 500# G. P.
East Longmeadow United Aircraft Corp, Pratt and Whitney Div new plant aircraft engines and parts
East Longmeadow United Aircraft Corp, Pratt and Whitney Div new plant aircraft engines and parts
East Taunton Consolidated Distilleries Inc Ethyl alcohol, Distilleries dried grains Ethyl alcohol, Distilleries dried grains
Easthampton General Electric Co New plant Vacuum tubes
Easthampton Norden Carl L Inc, Cardanic Corp New plant Bombsights and attachments
Everett General Electric Co Foundry products, Transmission equipment Turbo - superchargers
Fall River Excell Foundry & Machine Co Torpedoes, British, 18" mk xII, shell percussion fuses, 6 " AP8 Torpedoes, British, 18" mk xII, shell percussion fuses, 6 " AP8
Fall River Excell Foundry & Machine Co 81 mm shells 81mm shells
Fall River Firestone Rubber and Latex Products Co Rubber products Rubber and plastic products
Fall River Submarine Signal Co underwater sound equipment underwater sound equipment
Fitchburg American Type Founders Sales Corp Paper Mill Machinery Guns, 75mm and parts
Fitchburg Fitchburg Engineering Corp machine tools Millers, Lathes, etc
Fitchburg Fitchburg Grinding Machine Corp Machine tools Grinding machines
Fitchburg General Electric Co New plant Auxiliary turbines
Fitchburg Independent Lock Co Hardware Tracer and igniter shells, fuse M5 2 -B2, adapter boosters m115
Florence Norwood Engineering Co Machining of 75mm h e shells m48 Machining of 75mm h e shells m48
Gardner Heywood Wakefield Co Public building furniture Shell fuses, bomb fuses, projectiles
Greenfield Greenfield Tab and Die Corp Ground thread high speed taps Ground thread high speed taps
Greenfield Greenfield Tab and Die Corp Gauges, Dies, Reamers, Screw Plates Gauges, Dies, Reamers, Screw Plates
Greenfield Ordnance Material Machine tools Crankshafts, propeller shafts, cups and sockets
Greenfield Threadwell Tap and Die Co Machine tools taps, dies, miscellaneous tools
Hanover Pilgrim Ordnance Wks Fireworks Ammunition loading
Hingham Air Reduction Sales Co Oxygen Oxygen, Acetylene
Hingham Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard Inc New plant Destroyers escorts,Landing ships tank, High speed Transports,
Holyoke General Electric Co Fuses, m-52 Fuses, m-52
Holyoke Worthington Pump and Machinery Corp Aircraft propeller cams Aircraft propeller cams
Holyoke Worthington Pump and Machinery Corp NAVY GUNS, 3" CAL. NAVY GUNS, 3" CAL.
Holyoke Worthington Pump and Machinery Corp NAVY GUNS, 3" CAL. NAVY GUNS, 3" CAL.
Holyoke Worthington Pump and Machinery Corp anti -aircraft gun mounts, 90 mm anti -aircraft gun mounts, 90 mm
Hopedale Draper Corp Textile machinery Pack howitzers, 75mm
Hudson La Pointe Machine Tool Co Machine tools Broaching machines, fixtures and tools
Indian Orchard Chapman Valve Mfg Co Valves Iron valves, steel valves, brass valves, forged valves
Ipswich Sylvania Electric Products Inc secret devices, fluorescent starters, fluorescent lighting fixtures secret devices, fluorescent starters, fluorescent lighting fixtures
Lawrence Sylvania Electric Products Inc radio and radar material radio and radar material
Leominster Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co Inc Plastic materials Methyl metacrylate sheeting
Lowell Hub Hosiery Mills Knit Goods Product carriers
Lowell Lowell Ord Plant New plant Ammunition . 50 cal
Lowell Remelle Mfg Co Special units of a secret item Special units of a secret item
Lowell U S Rubber Co new plant spiral 4 cable with terminals
Lowell U S Rubber Co new plant spiral 4 cable with terminals
Lowell United Shoe Machinery Corp, Lowell Ord Plant shells, 155mm. shells, 155mm.
Malden Lawson Machine and Tool Co Aircraft and parts Aircraft engine parts
New Bedford Aerovox Corp Capacitors Capacitors
New Bedford Aerovox Corp Fixed Mica and paper capacitors Fixed Mica and paper capacitors
New Bedford Cornell Dubilier Corp Electrical products Molded mica capacitors
New Bedford Revere Copper & Brass Inc Cartridge cups & bullet jackets Cartridge cups & bullet jackets
Newburyport Hytron Corp Radio tubes Radio Transmitting and power tubes
Newburyport Hytron Corp Radio tubes Fire control equipment
Newton Raytheon Mfg Co radio receiving tubes radio receiving tubes
Newton Raytheon Mfg Co, Raytheon Production Corp radio tubes radio tubes
Newton Raytheon Mfg Co, Raytheon Production Corp radio tubes Miniature radio tube stems
North Adams Sprague Electric Co Communication equipment ammunition
North Adams Sprague Electric Co Communication equipment ammunition
North Adams Sprague Electric Co Communication equipment ceramic coated wire, capacitors and resistors, power wire wound resistors, power resistors
Norwood Marine Division New plant Communication equipment, fire control apparatus, etc
Orange Leavitt Machine Co Machine tools Valve reseating machines
Ouincy Bethlehem Steel Corp, Shipbuilding Division Aircraft carriers, heavy cruisers, Light cruisers, Landing ships tank, Destroyer escorts, High speed transports Aircraft carriers, heavy cruisers, Light cruisers, Landing ships tank, Destroyer escorts, High speed transports
Palmer Wickwire Spencer Steel Co wire products wire rope, high carbon steel wire steel rope
Pittsfield General Electric Co Electrical equipment Gun directors
Pittsfield General Electric Co Electrical equipment A. C. generators, resistors, capacitors, rectifiers, D. C. Shock-proof motors, modulators and transformers, fractional horsepower AC motors
Pittsfield General Electric Co Electrical equipment Turbo-electric drive equipment
Pittsfield Jones E D and Sons Co Paper mill machinery Searchlight brackets, Hyprolar columns, escort destroyer bearings, machine gun turrets
Randolph American Fireworks Co of Mass Fireworks Fuse detonators, m k-26 for 20 mm ammunition
Salem Atwood and Morill Co Steam fittings Valves and equipment
Salem Sylvania Electric Products Inc electronic vacuum tubes, incandescent and fluorescent lamps, radar equipment electronic vacuum tubes, incandescent and fluorescent lamps, radar equipment
Salem Sylvania Electric Products Inc tungsten rod and compounds tungsten rod and compounds
Scitrate U S Government, War Information Office Of communication communication
Southbridge Harvey Wells Communications Inc Piezo-electric quartz crystal assemblies, type FT-243 Piezo-electric quartz crystal assemblies, type FT-243
Springfield American Bosch Corp Aircraft & tank magnetos, Diesel fuel injection pumps and nozzles Aircraft & tank magnetos, Diesel fuel injection pumps and nozzles
Springfield Monsanto Chemical Co Plastic Materials Research on resins and plastics, resinox, resins and plastics, melamine, high impact, m.p., polydichlorostyrene
Springfield Package Machinery Co packaging machinery, automatic packing machines Gyro compasses
Springfield Springfield Bronze and Aluminum Co nonferrous metal foundries aluminum sand castings, magnesium sand castings, bronze sand castings
Springfield Stacy Machine Works, Inc machine tools turbine parts
Springfield U S Foil, Reynolds Metals Co Permanent mold, aluminum castings Permanent mold, aluminum castings
Springfield U S Government, War Department, Armory Garand rifles, M1 Garand rifles, M1
Springfield Van Norman Machine Tool Co machine tools milling machines and oscillating grinders
Springfield Westinghouse Electric and Mfg Co electrical appliances gyro stabilizers
Taunton General Electric Co New plant Molded Insulating parts for radio equipment, resins and varnishes used in plastic products
Wakefield Sylvania Electric Products Inc Glass radio receiving tubes, electronic vacuum tubes Glass radio receiving tubes, electronic vacuum tubes
Waltham Raytheon Mfg Co Radio tubes Radio radar and other electronic equipment
Watertown U S Government, War Department, ARSENALS gun tubes, 37 MM,,gun tubes,90 MM, gun tubes,105 MM, artillery parts, artillery carriages, gun tubes, 155 mm gun tubes, 37 MM,,gun tubes,90 MM, gun tubes,105 MM, artillery parts, artillery carriages, gun tubes, 155 mm
West Concord American Cyanamid Co, American Cyanamid & Chemical Corp Guanidine Nitrate Guanidine Nitrate
West Hanover Pilgrim Ordnance Wks fireworks Loading and packings, 20 MM, cartridge cases
West Hanover Pilgrim Ordnance Wks fireworks Loading and packing, 20 MM, H. E, loading and packing incendiary bombs, loading and packing, 20MM H. E. T., smoke boxes, practice bomb signals, parachute flares, pyrotechnic magnesium powder
West Lynn General Electric Co Electrical equipment Aircraft instruments
West Lynn General Electric Co Electrical equipment Aircraft generators, DC, radio equipment, bilenium rectifiers, selsyn pickups for free gyro lead computers
West Lynn General Electric Co Electrical equipment Marine turbo electric drives, reduction gears (MC), reduction gears (Navy),
West Lynn General Electric Co Electrical equipment Geared impellers for airplanes, turbo -superchargers
West Newton McIntyre Co Hydraulic pumps pumps
West Springfield Cogswell Mfg Co Electrical equipment Automatic screw machine products
West Springfield Perkins Machine and Gear Co Gears gear for aircraft engines
West Springfield Springfield Machine and Foundry Co Inc machine tools machine tools, marine engines ( Steam)
West Springfield Wico Electric Co magnetos magnetos and parts
Whitinsville Whitin Machine Works Textile machinery magnetos, auxiliary steam engines, blower units and generator sets, shot, 37 mm and ball projectiles, 20 mm textile machinery, textile machinery repair parts
Williamstown Cornish Wire Co Inc Insulated wire and cable Bare and insulated copper wire, Synthetic jacketed type c o cordage
Winchendon Whitney Baxter D and Son Inc wood working machinery grinding machines and parts
Woburn Sterling Alloys Inc Steel castings, alloy steel Steel castings, alloy steel
Worcester Aircord Co Army Assault Wire Army Assault Wire
Worcester Aircord Co Time Train Fuze Rings Time Train fuze Rings
Worcester Arter Grinding Machine Co Machine Tools Rotary Surface Grinders
Worcester Bath John and Co Inc Machine tools High speed ground thread taps
Worcester Bath John and Co Inc Machine tools Machine tools and gauges
Worcester Norton Corp, Norton Co MACHINE TOOLS TURBINES
Worcester Ordnance Material Aircraft crankshafts, single throw, aircraft crankshafts, two throw Aircraft crankshafts, single throw, aircraft crankshafts, two throw
Worcester Ordnance Material Propeller shafts, cups and sockets Propeller shafts, cups and sockets
Worcester Reed Prentice Corp Machine tools Engine lathes, jig borers, milling machines and parts, plastic machines and parts, saws and parts, die casting parts
Worcester St Pierre Chain Corp Wire Products Forgings-anchor chain, aircraft, gun
Worcester Wyman-Gordon Co MAGNESIUM AND ALUMINUM FORGINGS MAGNESIUM AND ALUMINUM FORGINGS
Worcester Wyman-Gordon Co forgings for aircraft engines and propellers forgings for aircraft engines and propellers
Worcester Wyman-Gordon Co forgings for aircraft engines and propellers forgings for aircraft engines and propellers
Wrentham Bird and Sons Inc Machining shells 60mm Machining shells 60mm
Wrentham Wrentham Products machine tools aircraft engine studs
Wrentham Wrentham Products machine tools ground thread taps