Used for the manufacturing of nitric and sulfuric acids used in various stages of the manufacture of TNT and pentolite
Acid Area #1 – central portion of PBOW, south of the Garage and Maintenance Area
Acid Area #2 – westernmost portion of PBOW, south of Maintenance Road and east of Patrol Road, northwest of Pipe Creek
Acid Area #3 – northwestern portion of PBOW along Ransom Road north of Maintenance Road
Ash Pits and Power Plants
The Ash Pits were disposal areas for fly ash generated from the burning of coal at on-site Power Plants
Ash Pit #1/Power Station #1 – south of Maintenance Road and north of railroad tracks and the power house building
Ash Pit #2/Power Station #2 – west of Campbell Street, across the street from the power station
Ash Pit #3/Power Station #3 – west of Ransom Road and south of Maintenance Road
Burn Grounds
Used for the disposal of explosive manufacturing wastes and out-of-specification ordnance
Reservoir #2 – northwestern portion of PBOW
G-8 – southwestern portion of PBOW near the intersection of Campbell Street and Patrol Road
Taylor Road – southeast of Taylor Road and east of Ransom Road
Snake Road – southern portion of PBOW, north of intersection of West Scheid and Snake Roads
Fox Road – northeastern portion of PBOW north of Fox Road
Garage and Maintenance Area
Used for the general maintenance of equipment and vehicles; located in the central portion of PBOW along Maintenance Road
Pentolite Area
Used for the production of pentolite; located in the north-central portion of PBOW within the boundaries of Ransom Road on the west, Pentolite Road on the south, and Patrol Road on the north and east
Rail Car Unloading Area/Sellite Area
The Rail Car Unloading Area is near the Garage and Maintenance Area on the north side of Maintenance Road between Ransom and Taylor Roads and was used to unload toluene and other chemicals from rail cars; the Sellite Area is west of the Rail Car Unloading Area and was used for the production and storage of sellite used for the TNT washing process
Red Water Ponds
Discharge areas for process waste water resulting from one of the final purification steps in the production of TNT; named due to color of water
West Area – two ponds on west side of PBOW; contained wastes from TNT Area C
Pentolite Road – north central portion of PBOW; contained wastes from TNT Areas A and B
Sitewide Ground Water
Potential for ground-water contamination
TNT Areas
Location where Operations were housed for the manufacture of trinitrotoluene (TNT) and dinitrotoluene (DNT); each TNT Area incorporated Underground Wastewater Flumes, Toluene Tank Areas, Red Water Ponds, and Wastewater Treatment Plants
TNT Area A – 113 acres on the east side of Plum Brook Ordnance Works (PBOW)
TNT Area B – 48 acres in the southern portion of PBOW
TNT Area C – 113 acres on the west side of PBOW
TNT Rail Car Loading Areas
Used to load rail cars with TNT for shipment from the site to storage areas on the site; suspected at each TNT Area
Toluene Tank Areas
Each TNT area had two above-ground storage tanks
255 & 265/TNT Area A – 'Upper Toluene Tanks,' west of TNT Area A and Short Cut Road and south of Maintenance Road
425 & 435/TNT Area B – 'Middle Toluene Tanks,' northwest of TNT Area B near Taylor Road
645 & 655/TNT Area C – 'Lower Toluene Tanks,' near intersection of Patrol Road and Taylor Road; Tank 645 was moved by NASA to the former Pentolite Area
Underground Wastewater Flumes
Used to carry liquid and solid wastes that accumulated in catch basins located at the wash houses located in:
TNT Area A – waste to Pentolite Road Red Water Ponds
TNT Area B – waste to Pentolite Road Red Water Ponds
TNT Area C – waste to West Area Red Water Ponds
Waste Lagoons
Settling basins in which wastewater was disposed; located north of Pentolite Road
Wastewater Treatment Plants
Each TNT Area contained a wastewater treatment plant used to treat the 'red water,' wastewater from the process of producing TNT
Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) 1 – for TNT Area A
