Load Line 8

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Load Line 8, which is also known as Booster Line 2, was a booster loading and assembly line that operated from 1941 to 1945. Primary explosive products were delivered to Load Line 8 as sealed, finished sub assemblies (for example, detonators). Load Line 8 buildings were used for the following:

Building 2B-1: Tetryl magazine
Building 2B-2: Tetryl screen and blend building
Building 2B-3: Blended tetryl rest house
Buildings 2B-4E and 2B-4W: Tetryl pelleting building
Building 2B-5: Detonator magazine
Buildings 2B-6E/W, 2B-21E/W: Assembly and shipping
Buildings 2B-7 and 2B-18: Testing
Building 2B-12: Tetryl pellet storage
Buildings 2B-13-E and 2B-13W: Tetryl cupping building
Buildings 2B-17: Tetryl pellet rest house
Building 2B-22: Solvent storage