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Maumelle Ordnance Works Bunker No. 4

Coordinates: 34°51′16″N 92°24′46″W / 34.85444°N 92.41278°W / 34.85444; -92.41278
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Maumelle Ordnance Works Bunker #4
Maumelle Ordnance Works Bunker No. 4 is located in Arkansas
Maumelle Ordnance Works Bunker No. 4
Location in Arkansas
Maumelle Ordnance Works Bunker No. 4 is located in the United States
Maumelle Ordnance Works Bunker No. 4
Location in United States
Location4 Willastein Dr., Maumelle, Arkansas
Coordinates34°51′16″N 92°24′46″W / 34.85444°N 92.41278°W / 34.85444; -92.41278
Arealess than one acre
Built1942 (1942)
Built byThe City Services Defense Corporation of New York
NRHP reference No.06000417[1]
Added to NRHPMay 24, 2006

The Maumelle Ordnance Works Bunker No. 4 is a historic munitions storage facility at 4 Willastein Drive in Maumelle, Arkansas. It is a concrete structure, 61 by 27 feet (18.6 m × 8.2 m), with a rounded roof and ventilation stack. It is covered with earth, with a trapezoidal concrete side wall exposed, which has a steel door at its center. The bunker was built in 1941–42 to store the explosives picric acid and ammonium picrate for use during World War II. Of 21 built in Maumelle, all but three have been demolished, and this is the only one that is entirely intact.[2]

The bunker was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Maumelle Ordnance Works Bunker No. 4". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-02-14.