Ogden Arsenal, Igloo Type Magazine, 6359 Hickory Avenue, Layton

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Hickory Avenue, Hill Air Force Base, Layton Vicinity, Davis County, Utah Note: For shelving purposes at the Library of Congress, Layton Vicinity in Davis County was assigned as the "official" location of Hill Air Force Base. However, Building is actually in the Ogden Vicinity of Weber County. UTM: Date of Construction: Architect: Unknown Builder: Unknown

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Building provides particularly vivid insight into the processes involved in the storage of highly explosive components like munitions. In addition, this building contributes to an understanding of the U.S. Army build-up which occurred on the eve of and during World War II. History: The introduction of various types of ammunition manufacture at Ogden Arsenal during World War II necessitated the construction of many new buildings which took various forms as related to their specific functions within the overall manufacture and storage processes. Igloo Type Magazines such as Building stored ordnance material and were designed to minimize damage to additional buildings in the event of explosions. The igloo is covered with an earthen mound and separated from surrounding buildings by open land.

A concrete apron with a sharp slope upward from the entry made fork lift operations outside igloos like Building a difficult task, so all ordnance material was loaded by hand until That year, a process was developed that kept automatic Ogden Arsenal, Igloo Type Magazine HAER No. UT-84-AR Page 2 electric fork lift trucks with combination forks inside the igloos while a conveyor track was laid from rail cars or trucks into the doorway. Both small arms ammunition and bombs were handled in this way, which saved approximately one half the time previously used by hand loading alone, with half as many workers. This igloo is one of 23 such igloos still existing at Hill Air Force Base.

They include Buildings It is similar to Buildings and Electrical wiring and lights were added all of these buildings during World War II. General Description: Building x is an example of a Full Trapezoidal Igloo located in the igloo storage area just south of the original North Loading Plant. This igloo has a protruding double blast door entry set in a concrete frame. The walls, floor, and roof of the igloo are reinforced concrete; the roof and side walls are covered with an earthen mound. Another distinguishing characteristic of this igloo is the small room located on the north side of the double door entry. This room measures x and is vented through an exhaust duct above its entrance.