Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 93000909 Added to NRHP 14 September 1993 | Built 1946 (1946) Opened 1946 | |
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MPS US Naval Ordnance Test Facilities, Topsail Island MPS | ||
US Naval Ordnance Testing Facility Assembly Building is a historic building located at Topsail Island, Pender County, North Carolina. It was built in 1946 by Kellex Corporation, and is a 1 1/2-story, reinforced concrete and concrete block building. It measures 75 feet by 82 feet and has a low-pitched, gable-front roof. The building was abandoned by the military in 1948 and subsequently used for commercial and recreational purposed. It was erected for the purpose of fabricating and storing missiles used in "Operation Bumblebee."
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
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