Memphis Defense Depot

The Memphis Defense Depot is a decommissioned United States Army supply depot located on 642 acres (260 ha) in Memphis, Tennessee. It operated as a military depot from 1942 until 1997.

History

Operations at the depot began in January 1942, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officially activated the site as the Memphis General Depot. The depot provided supplies including clothing, food, medical supplies, electronic equipment, petroleum products and industrial chemicals. It had 130 buildings and over 4,000,000 square feet (370,000 m2) of indoor storage.[1]

Eventually, disposal of chemicals began at the site. This included the disposal of leaking mustard bombs at Dunn Field, a field located on the property. From 1942 until 1962 the installation performed Army supply and was know variously as the Memphis Quartermaster Depot, Memphis Army Service Forces Depot, and the Memphis General Depot.[1]

In 1995, the depot was placed on the closure list of the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission and on September 30, 1997 it was closed. Since that year, 94% of the facilities have been returned to public use. Part of the depot has also been reused as the Memphis Depot Business Park.[1]

References
  1. "Memphis Depot Business Park - The History of the Depot". web.archive.org. Archived from the original (2004) on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

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