Pulp Keg Mill in the Hagley Yard album
Creation: circa 1902-1905Abstract
The pulp keg mill was built around 1904 to manufacture an experimental design of black and smokeless powder container made essentially from paper. This album contains photographic prints of the construction of the pulp keg mill in the Hagley Yard of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. near Wilmington, Delaware around 1902 through 1905.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1902-1905
Creator
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (Organization)
Extent
1 volume(s)
General Phsyical Description
1 album (48 photographs) ; 2.5 x 4.25 in. 19 photographic prints : snapshot photographs on loose pages ; 2.5 x 4.25 in.
Historical Note
The pulp keg mill was built around 1904 to manufacture an experimental design of black and smokeless powder container made essentially from paper. The design was a dismal failure, being not moisture proof and also easily crushed in transportation on railroads (as some of the photographs demonstrate). The building burned in 1912 and pulp keg production was abandoned. The structure eventually became part of the DuPont Company's Hall of Records.
Scope and Content
This album contains photographic prints of the construction of the pulp keg mill in the Hagley Yard of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. near Wilmington, Delaware around 1902 through 1905. There are also views of snow removal and stone wall construction in the Lower Yard from around the same period.
Location
GL Box 2
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Subjects
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Pulp Keg Mill in the Hagley Yard album
- Date:
- 2014
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository
