It was located ten miles south of Charlotte (now part of a part of Charlotte) on York Road near the southeast corner of the intersection of Westinghouse Boulevard and South Tryon-Highway 49.
On March 3, 1942, 25 Charlotte leaders organized and went to Washington, D.C. to get some war industry for the city.
Charlotte's location, transportation links and labor supply were pushed and they got s plant.
It was built for $20 million with over 200 buildings and operated by the U.S. Rubber Company. It produced 75 mm anti-aircraft shells for the Navy.
After the war, it became a reclamation center for Navy Salvage.
--Not the Shell Oil Co. But A-A Shells. --GreGen
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