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WWII Industrial Facilities: Authorized Federally Funded Facilities

North Carolina
City Operator Product Type War Product or Service
Badin Carolina Aluminum Co Aluminum smelting Pig Aluminum, Carbon electrodes
Burlington Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp New plant Airplanes, AT -21
Burlington Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp New plant Airplanes, UC-61, Airplanes, PT-26, Airplanes, C-82, outer wing panels, PBM-3C
Burlington Firestone Tire and Rubber Co 90mm cannon & spare tubes, 57 mm shells 90mm cannon & spare tubes, 57 mm shells
Burnsville Yancy Cyanite Co cyanite cyanite
Charlotte U S Rubber Co new plant ammunition loading, 40 mm.
Charlotte Union Carbide and Carbon Corp, National Carbon Co Inc electrical equipment dry batteries
Durham Wrights Automatic Machine Co fuzes fuzes
Greensboro U S Government, Federal Works Agency, Work Project Administration air transportation air transportation
Lamberton U S Government, Federal Works Agency, Work Project Administration air transportation air transportation
Morganton Drexel Furniture Co Household furniture Rear fuselages, wooden flaps, stabilizers
Morganton Union Carbide and Carbon Corp, National Carbon Co Inc graphite electrodes graphite electrodes
Southport U S Government, Federal Works Agency, Public Works Administration electric power generation electric power generation
Various U S Government, Navy Department, Navy Department, Tennessee Valley Authority electric power transmission electric power transmission
Various U S Government, Navy Department, Navy Department, Tennessee Valley Authority ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION
Wilmington Broadfoot Iron Works castings Propulsion shafts
Wilmington North Carolina Shipbuilding Co Cargo, c2-s-aj1, cargo, ( military) c2-s-aj1, cargo vessels, attack ( mc) c2-s-aj3, cargo, c2-s-aj1 Cargo, c2-s-aj1, cargo, ( military) c2-s-aj1, cargo vessels, attack ( mc) c2-s-aj3, cargo, c2-s-aj1
Winston Salem Union Carbide and Carbon Corp, National Carbon Co Inc fire control equipment ( batteries), energizers NC-2, secret product fire control equipment ( batteries), energizers NC-2, secret product