Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Gopher Ordnance Works was located off County Road 46 near Coates and Rosemount, Minnesota. It was first opened in 1943 as a smokeless powder production plant. The plant was closed soon after the end of World War II. There are some remains still at the original site which is visible from U.S. Route 52 and County Road 46.After the government decided it needed a place to open up another gunpowder factory, they chose Dakota County in East Central Minnesota as their prime spot to put up such a factory, specifically, the city of Rosemount. They soon evicted farmers on 11,000 acres (45 km2) of farmland so that they could build Gopher Ordnance Works, which consisted of 858 buildings.. }
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- Gopher_Ordnance_Works abstract "Gopher Ordnance Works was located off County Road 46 near Coates and Rosemount, Minnesota. It was first opened in 1943 as a smokeless powder production plant. The plant was closed soon after the end of World War II. There are some remains still at the original site which is visible from U.S. Route 52 and County Road 46.After the government decided it needed a place to open up another gunpowder factory, they chose Dakota County in East Central Minnesota as their prime spot to put up such a factory, specifically, the city of Rosemount. They soon evicted farmers on 11,000 acres (45 km2) of farmland so that they could build Gopher Ordnance Works, which consisted of 858 buildings.".