Tar Heel Army Ordnance Plant

Plant used for production of electronics systems for Army missiles.

In 1958, the Army Chief of Ordnance received jurisdiction from the General Services Administration for production facilities at Burlington, some dating from before World War II. Army ownership did not dramatically change on-site activity as the facility had been leased by Western Electric since 1946. During the 1950s, Western Electric began to use the facility to produce electronic equipment for antiair and antiballistic missile systems.

With Army reorganization, the plant came under the jurisdiction of the Army Missile Command in 1962 and the plant was designated the Tar Heel Missile Plant a year later. In the 1980s, the facility was still being leased by Western Electric to manufacture and refurbish missile components.