[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, CLOSURE: Ravenna Arsenal, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bombs, shell at Ravenna Arsenal no longer a threat

By Bob Downing
Akron Beacon Journal
August 20, 2009

CHARLESTOWN TWP.: The threat from three 500-pound live bombs and a live 
artillery shell at the now-closed Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant is gone.

...

The Ravenna complex produced artillery and mortar shells in World War 
II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. It closed in 1971.

The Army is continuing to clean up sites on the property with explosive 
and chemical contamination problems.

Most of the facility, commonly known as the Ravenna Arsenal, has been 
turned over to the Ohio Army National Guard for use as a training complex.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/53854327.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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