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Hanford Chemical Warfare Service Warehouse

 

On 15 March 1942, the War Department acquired from the Santa Fe Railroad a leasehold interest (Lease No. W-868-ENG-1718) in a 68,000 sq. ft. warehouse located in Hanford, Kings County, California for and on behalf of the Chemical Warfare Procurement Service of the U. S. Army. The site was bounded by South William Street to the west, Fifth Street to the north, South Thornton Street to the east, and Fourth Street to the south.

The site was known as the Hanford Warehouse, and was used for storage of surplus industrial equipment and surplus materials and components.

On 18 March 1946, the Hanford Warehouse was declared surplus and the lease was terminated 5 April 1946.

Source: US Army Corps of Engineers

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