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Badger Army Ammunition Plant
Sauk County, near Sauk City, Wisconsin
General view toward west, Badger Army Ammunition Plant before demolition
Coordinates43°22′05″N 89°45′14″W / 43.368°N 89.754°W / 43.368; -89.754
Site history
Built1942
In useWorld War II, Korean War, Vietnam War

The Badger Army Ammunition Plant (BAAP or Badger) or Badger Ordnance Works (B.O.W.) is an excess, non-BRAC, United States Army facility located near Sauk City, Wisconsin. It manufactured nitrocellulose-based propellants during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. It was a large munitions factory during World War II.[1][2] As of 2013, the facility was in the end stages of demolition and remediation in preparation for property transfer.

  1. ^ Velena Jones, "DNR opens Badger Ammunition Plant as recreation area Archived 2014-04-29 at the Wayback Machine", Channel3000, April 13, 2014.
  2. ^ Bill Novak, "Contaminated Badger Ammo Plant soil to be removed, DNR says", Wisconsin State Journal, June 18, 2013.

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