From the January 10, 2023, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois) "Looking Back.
1948, 75 Years Ago
"Purchase of 553 acres of land and eight major buildings at the Sangamon Ordnance Plant, Illiopolis, Illinois, by the DeKalb Hybrid Seed Company of DeKalb, was announced today by the War Assets Administration.
"The land and buildings were only a portion of the huge ordnance plant which loaded artillery shells for the Army services during the war.
"The portion purchased by the DeKalb Company was four of the nine shell-loading lies. The newly acquired property will be used for expansion of the company operations, officials said today, with inbred chicken breeding to use a major portion of the facilities."
Getting Rid of War Surplus. --GreGen
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