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Penniman was an unincorporated town in northwestern York County , Virginia , on the south bank of the York River six miles -LRB- 10 km -RRB- northeast of Williamsburg .. unincorporated town. unincorporated community. York County. York County, Virginia. York River. York River ( Virginia ). Williamsburg. Williamsburg, Virginia. Virginia. Virginia. This was on the Virginia Peninsula and near the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia in the United States .. Virginia Peninsula. Virginia Peninsula. Hampton Roads. Hampton Roads. Virginia. Virginia. United States. United States. A plant and company town were developed by E.I. DuPont Nemours company originally to manufacture TNT .. E.I. DuPont Nemours. DuPont. TNT. Trinitrotoluene. It was named for Russell Sylvanus Penniman , an American chemist who in 1885 invented ammonia dynamite .. Russell Sylvanus Penniman. Russell Sylvanus Penniman. ammonia dynamite. ammonia dynamite. As part of the World War I war efforts , Penniman was converted to other use in support of the U.S. Navy , which acquired property for Mine Depot , Yorktown .. World War I. World War I. U.S. Navy. U.S. Navy. The Penniman plant was built to employ 10,000 persons .. Housing for 15,000 was built in the new development .. The Navy installation was largely abandoned after 1919 , and the few residents in the area farmed after World War I.. World War I. World War I. With tensions rising during World War II , the property was returned to military use less than 25 years later .. The area including Penniman was taken over by the military and developed as a Navy facility known as Cheatham Annex .. It later became part of the adjacent Naval Weapons Station Yorktown , access to which is restricted .. Naval Weapons Station Yorktown. Naval Weapons Station Yorktown