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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc. Guncotton plant panoramic photographs
Found in:
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Collection
Accession: 1969-145
Abstract:
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 panoramic photographs show exteriors of the plant, views of the workers' housing, the town (including the African American section), and a photograph of the Hopewell China Corporation, a post-war reuse of one of the facilities.
Dates:
1918-circa 1920
