Artificial rubber industry; Chemical industry; Explosives; Factories; Nylon; Paint industry; Plastics industry; Rayon; Research; Textile industry
Booklet documenting the expansion of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company's manufacturing facilities during the post-World War II period. Includes information and images related to the following projects: expansion of the Experimental Station in...
Report by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment and Occupational Outlook Branch. Discusses the disposition of plants built on government contracts during World War I, with significant attention given to DuPont's Old...
DuPont's Textile Fibers Department's Orlon acrylic fiber manufacturing facilities are shown in this aerial view of the May plant located at Camden, South Carolina. In the foreground is the large plant which makes Orlon fiber in staple form and the...
Booklet documenting the history of the DuPont Old Hickory Cellophane Plant in Old Hickory, Tennessee. Published for the plant's 25th anniversary in 1954. Includes information about plant safety and company benefits. Item 12 of 23 from DuPont Plant...
Excerpt from a special rayon-themed issue of the trade journal, "Textile World," announcing the commencement of rayon production at DuPont's Old Hickory, Tennessee plant. Vol. LXVIII, No. 13, pages 59 to 60. September 26, 1925. Includes two...
At this plant near Victoria, Texas, the DuPont produces nylon intermediates, polyethylene and ammonia in open type buildings. The plant was built in 1951 and has expended several times. Its initial product was adiponitrile, a nylon intermediates....
Manufacturing operations at DuPont's Victoria, Texas plant take place in outdoor buildings such as these. The plant makes adiponitrile from butadiene, a petroleum product. The plant's entire output is shipped to the company's big Sabine River...
Emory F. Ridlon, plant managers, points out features of the DuPont's new plant to members of newly appointed plant staff. Left to right are: Lloyd E. Horning, accounting superintendant, William C. Eddy Jr., manufacturing superintendent, Mr. Ridlon;...
Night view of DuPonts Memphis TN plant. Plant produces sodium cyanide, hydrogen cyanide, potassium cyanide and hydrogen peroxide, essential in the manufacture of a variety of products. It also makes acrylonitrile, a raw material for Orlon acrylic...
In 1880, the first charge of nitroglycerine was produced at the Repauno dynamite pant in a building similar in architecture and construction to the one above-as waste acid building. This structure was still in operation until 1954 when the company...
DuPont Company's Rayon Department acetate textile fibers plant in Waynesboro, Virginia. Text from caption: "Aerial view of the 'Orlon' acrylic fiber, acetate yarn and 'Lycra' spandex fiber plants of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company at Waynesboro,...
Special 25th Anniversary edition of the Cellophane News plant newspaper documenting the history of the DuPont Spruance Film Plant in Richmond, Virginia. Vol. 5, No. 20. Tuesday, November 1, 1955. Item 17 of 23 from DuPont Plant Histories scrapbook.
Booklet summarizing the construction of the Savannah River Plant in Savannah River, South Carolina, built by DuPont on a contract from the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Item 16 of 23 from DuPont Plant Histories scrapbook.
Explosives; Factories; Government contracts; Gunpowder;
Booklet describing the construction of DuPont's Old Hickory, Tennessee munitions plant, which was built on a government contract during World War I. Item 11 of 23 from DuPont Plant Histories scrapbook.
Newsletter documenting the history of DuPont's Newport, Delaware pigments plant. Lithographed by Cann Printing of Wilmington, Delaware. Item 9 of 23 from DuPont Plant Histories scrapbook.
Excerpt from the July 1950 issue of The DuPont Fabtonian magazine from DuPont's Newburgh, New York Fabrics Plant. Cover image features emloyees Julius M. R. Linehart and Thomas G. Stringer. Articles include: 40 Years with DuPont; Job Security;...
Excerpt from the June 1952 issue of the Newark Spectrum newsletter from DuPont's Newark, New Jersey pigments plant. Article titles: Newark Plant History; First Impressions; Du Pont Sesqui-Centennial. Item 7 of 23 from DuPont Plant Histories...
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...
Armco Steel Corporation, Ashland, Kentucky, water clarification plant . Aerial photograph of the plant from the southeast. A booklet was prepaired for the dedication of the new facility from which the following illustrations and photos were...
Pipelines and towering adiponitrile process units at Niagara Falls Plant dramatize the $25,000,000 which has been invested over the past two decades in new processes, new buildings and plant alterations. Adiponitrile is a nylon intermediate made...
