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Item Title
LocationDevelopment & Engineeri,
Natick, MA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER MA-52
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-8).
Building/structure dates:
1952 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1964 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1968 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1974 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1978 subsequent work
Significance: The need for a consolidated Army food and clothing research laboratory had become apparent during World War II when Quartermaster research activities on these commodities were conducted at facilities scattered across the country. In response to this need the Norfolk facility was established in 1953. The new center was unique because it was the first installation in the country that combined the study of human reaction to environment with the study of military equipment under virtually all known climatic conditions.
Subjects
Food IndustryWar (World War II)Military Organizations
Related Names
Department Of The Army
Massachusetts Congressional Group
McCormick, John W.
Environmental Research Facilities Of The Surgeon G
Quartermaster Environmental Protection Laboratory
U.S. Army Research Institute Of Environmental Medi
Jackson, Donald C., Field Team
Brenner, William A., Field Team
Lankton, Dr. Larry D., Field Team
Weisgold, Henry, Field Team
McGrath, Diane, Field Team
Beary, Eugene, Field Team
Buchanan, David G., Historian
Johnson, John P., Historian
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
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