WOODEN AMMO BOX

First, I would like to thank you for looking at our old ammo boxes originate from the Savanna Army Depot. It was a proving and testing facility for cannons developed at Rock Island Arsenal. Renovation and loading of artillery shells and bombs began in the 1930s, and occurred intermittently. Several areas of the facility have been used for the demolition and burning of obsolete ordnance. The majority of munitions shot during the artillery testing were blanks because the mission was to test fire the artillery guns made at the Rock Island Arsenal. However, many rounds of high explosive ordnance were fired, including 105mm and 155mm shells. The base was closed on March,18 2000 which left numerous empty wood boxes.