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Believe it or not, yes there was a Naval base here in Macon.
This site was originally the Macon Naval Ordnance Plant (MNOP) that included the Allied Industrial Park property immediately to the north. Macon Naval Ordnance Plant was constructed and operated by Reynolds Corporation prior to World War II. The Navy assumed operations in 1941 and continued operations until 1965 for the production of ordnance. Many of the DoD era buildings at the Allied Industrial Park are currently being used by industrial tenants. The MNOP is approximately 343 acres, which extends from Guy Paine Road to the north, Mead Road to the east, Rocky Creek to the south, and the Central of Georgia Railroad tracks to the west
In 1941, the MNOP site was acquired by the Department of Defense (DOD), and was operated by the U.S. Navy for the manufacture of ordnance and explosives, including flares, small primers, detonators and other triggering mechanisms.MNOP had several buildings, explosive demolition and testing areas, fueling facilities, above and below ground storage tanks, solvent storage buildings, explosives storage areas, a metal plating facility, laboratories, a landfill area and a sewage treatment plant.
In 1965, the DOD sold the site to Maxson Electronics Corporation (Maxson). Maxson also manufactured ordnance at the site.In 1973, the site was sold to Allied Chemical Corporation (Allied). Allied manufactured seatbelt components at the site until 1981, when they sold the site to a current owner, Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority. Since 1981 a number of parcels have been leased and/or sold to various entities. The site is currently known as the Macon-Bibb County Allied Industrial Park.
The above information was copied from Macon Naval Ordnance Plant - NOrd(F)-1179