E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Experimental Station aerial photograph
Creation: 1987Abstract
The DuPont Experimental Station is a large industrial research facility founded in 1903; focused on chemistry research. An aerial view of the DuPont Company's Experimental Station taken in 1987.
Dates
- Creation: 1987
Creator
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station (Organization)
Extent
1 item(s)
General Physical Description note
1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Historical Note
In 1903 the DuPont Company's Executive Committee established the Experimental Station, a research facility located on the banks of the Brandywine Creek across from DuPont's first black powder works. Initially, the Experimental Station was to be a small laboratory to screen inventions which were coming into the company from outside independent inventors, but soon its mission was altered and it became a large industrial research facility focused on innovative advancements in chemistry.
Scope and Content
An aerial view of the DuPont Company's Experimental Station. The photograph was published in Science and Corporate Strategy: DuPont R&D, 1902-1980 by David A. Hounshell and John K. Smith, page 326. Caption reads, "This photograph shows the Greenewalt Laboratory devoted to life sciences research at the lower right of the Station campus."
Location
GL Box 2
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Experimental Station aerial photograph
- Date:
- 2014
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
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