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Vigo Ordnance Plant
The Vigo Ordnance Plant, also known as the Vigo Chemical Plant or simply Vigo Plant, was a U.S. Army facility built in 1942 to produce conventional weapons. In 1944 it was converted to produced biological agents for the U.S. bio-weapons program. The plant never produced any bio-weapons before the end of World War II but did produce 8000 pounds of an anthrax simulant. The plant was transferred to Pfizer after the war, the company operated it until announcing its closure in 2008.
==Location==
The Vigo Ordnance Plant was located on of a more than government-owned tract and cost $21 million to build.〔 The facility was constructed in the Honey Creek Township in Vigo County, Indiana.〔 The plant was located near the small community of Vigo, Indiana, about six miles (10 km) south of Terre Haute.〔 The area surrounding the plant was flat, covered with cornfields and dotted by hog farms.〔 The site of the former Vigo Plant is south of Interstate 70 near Highway 41 and Indiana State Highways 150 and 63.〔"(Pfizer Terre Haute Plant on The Market )", ''Inside Indiana Business'', November 10, 2008, accessed January 11, 2009.〕
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