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...
Originally built in 1883 as a hand fed open top furnace. Demolished by 1934. Note skip hoist from base of elevator shaft to furnace top and lack of a bridge from elevator to furnace top. Most likely added in a eary 20th century rebuild.
The records consist of photocopies of miscellaneous documents of the Empire Steel and Iron Company, the originals of which are in the possession of the National Canal Museum at Easton, Pa. Most of them seem to have come from the Mount Hope site....
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Keys (Hardware); Plastics industry; Rice; Agriculture; Health care;
Table of Contents: Keys to success; For long-lasting large lines:Aldyl; The better sweater; Test pilots for hire; Just right for rice; Through glass, clearly; A century of discovery; A terminal for the 21st century; A joint operation; News in brief.
Hulett ore unloaders at Conneaut, Ohio. Early 20th Century steam powered Hulett design. The designs were modified later in the 20th Century to use electricity along with changes in the structures.
