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abandoned employee barracks at one of the manufacturing sites at the former Green River Ordnance Plant near Amboy,IL.

 

Green River opened in 1942 and at its peak,employed nearly 4000 workers.It closed in 1945 and many of the warehouses and plants were sold to private companies.Contamination is still a problem in some of the former plant sites-the area is listed as a Brownfield site and ongoing hazardous waste cleanup is ongoing....

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Uploaded on October 7, 2015
Taken on September 13, 2015