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Description
Contains photographs of the Hercules Powder Company. The DuPont corporation and Lafkin & Rand Powder Company incorporated the Hercules Powder Company in 1882 to manufacture Hercules powder (a special form of dynamite). The company was dissolved in DuPont in 1904, but was newly created in 1912. In 1966, the company changed its name to Hercules, Inc. and was sold to the Ashland Corporation in 2008.
Type
text
Format
Original Photograph Album
Extent
8 1/2 x 11 in. 80 Pages of 80
Identifier
cscrm_000524 Album 22 ark:/13960/t8pd33x8p
Subject
Kelp Boats Harvesting Machinery Tugboats Salt Hercules Powder Company
Place
San Pablo Bay (Calif.)
Provenance
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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