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E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company

Existence: 1903 - 1926
 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1903 - 1926

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

DuPont Powder Co., One section of B Plant Box Repair Shop panorama

 Collection
Accession: 2013-217
Abstract:

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company was established as a black powder manufactory in 1802. The DuPont Company purchased a site near City Point, Virginia on the James River in 1912 in order to build a dynamite plant located closer to the southern market. The onset of World War I, however, created a great demand for guncotton, and the Hopewell Works was converted to that purpose, starting in 1915. This item is a 1916 panoramic photograph of the repair shop.

Dates: 1916 November