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Title: [California Powder Works] (10 views)
Contributor: McKean & Ort
Date Created and/or Issued: [1914?]
Publication Information: Santa Cruz, Cal. : McKean & Ort
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Shows buildings in ruins, railroad tracks, broken pipes and machinery.
View 1 (2011-0713) -- view 2 (2011-0714) -- view 3 (2011-0715). -- view 4 (2011-0716) -- view 5 (2011-0717). -- view 6 (2011-0718) -- view 7 (2011-0719) -- view 8 (2011-0720) -- view 9 (2011-0721) -- view 10 (2011-0722).
California Powder Works was incorporated in 1861, located in San Lorenzo Valley about 4 miles from Santa Cruz. By 1914, Santa Cruz was too close to mills, so company dismantled the mills and moved to Hercules.
Type: image
Format: Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 10 photographic prints on board mounts ; images 7 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. and 9 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. on mounts 10 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. and 12 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.
Identifier: (C)001437987CSL01-Aleph
Language: English
Subject: California Powder Works--Photographs
Powder mills--California--Santa Cruz County--Photographs
Ruins--California--Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz County (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place: California
Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz County (Calif.)

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