Newspaper clipping describing the planned closing of DuPont's Arlington, New Jersey plastics plant. Item 1 of 23 from DuPont Plant Histories scrapbook.
The Arlington Works of the DuPont Viscoloid Company at Arlington, New Jersey. Here great quantities of Pyralin sheeting, rods and tubes and thousands of sets of toilet ware are produced.
Tomb in Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, established during the Civil War on the grounds of the Arlington House, formerly the estate of Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna (Curtis) Lee, great-granddaughter of Martha Washington. Tomb is...
Tomb in Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, established during the Civil War on the grounds of the Arlington House, formerly the estate of Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna (Curtis) Lee, great-granddaughter of Martha Washington. Tomb is...
The E. I du Pont de Nemours & Company minute books document an important era in the history of the company from just before the turn of the twentieth century through the 1930s. The DuPont Company in this time went through many changes in structure...
Chemical industry; Defense contracts; Explosives; Factories; Gunpowder; Paint industry; Plastics industry
Excerpt from The Indicator, a newsletter published by the New York and New Jersey sections of the American Chemical Society. Explores the history of DuPont's New Jersey facilities and their contributions to the defense industry. Includes a two-page...
Edward Burke, technical assistant in Arlington semi-works development, operates one of the Plastics Department's first cut-off machines for tapered nylon bristles. He started at Arlington in 1912 and has worked on development of products for the...
Dust collectors in the plant for the manufacture of Butacite polyvinyl butyral resin for the automobile safety glass at the Arlington, New Jersey plant.
Table of Contents: What the Chemist is Doing for our Industries; Science of Quarrying Rock with Explosives; The Arlington Plant; Making Dynamite; Destroying Dynamite; The Finishing and Care of Hardwood Floors; Make Friends with a Rifle; Leather...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Boat & ship industry; Nylon; Plastics industry;
Table of Contents: A service institution; Speedier ship construction; Meet the pacer; Nylon grows up at Arlington; Decalcomania; Plastics progress; How is it finished; Magnesite in crucibles of fire.
Text from image: "The Washington Monument is built of stone contributed by all the nations of the earth to honor the founder of this republic. From Arlington, across the river, where sleep the men who died for freedom, it looks like a giant spike...
Text from image: "Knowing What We Defend is Important, Too. The Washington Monument is built of stone contributed by all the nations of the earth to honor the founder of this republic. From Arlington, across the river, where sleep the men who died...
Cut off machine used by Edward Burke, technical assistant, Arlington Works. Machine chops bristles after they have been tapered. This is experimental model.
