Appendix: Army Construction in the Continental United States, 1 July 1940–31 August 1945
(In billions of dollars)
Type of Installation | Cost | |
Total | *$15.3 | |
Industrial | 5.0 | |
– Aircraft assembly, ordnance, and other plants | 3.2 | |
– Installed equipment and machinery | 1.8 | |
Command | 7.5 | |
– Air | 3.2 | |
– Ground | 2.8 | |
– Storage and shipping | 1.0 | |
– Miscellaneous | 0.5 | |
Manhattan District | 2.0 | |
Civil | 0.8 |
* This figure excludes approximately $3 billion expended for real estate and maintenance.
Source: (1) ASF, Control Div, Statistics Br, Statistical Review: World War II, p. 11. (2) Data compiled by Special Assistant for Plans and Policy, OCE, 1970. (3) Annual Reports of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1940–45. (4) Gideon, History of Military Real Estate Program, 1939–45. EHD Files. (5) OCE, O Dir Mil Constr, R & U Div, History of Repairs and Utilities, 1939–1945, p. 49.