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...
Table of Contents: Vested and other interests; LNGtankers: maritime marvels; In pursuit of truth; The offshore air force; Newcomer on electronic row; A shocking development; Baker's recipe for packaging success; Settling the troubled waters;...
Table of Contents: Sketching the background; Sweep of the years; Resume of black powder history; Old black powder days; High spots of DuPont high explosives history; Forty-five years ago; Importance of chemistry in DuPont industries; DuPont...
Strict limits on the number of workers permitted in each building are enforced in the interests of safety at explosives plant of the DuPont Company. Wooden buttressing shown is likewise installed for added safety.
Typed caption: "Historic marker on Route 49, several miles north of Ashland City, Tenn." Sign reads: "Sycamore Powder Mill. 600 yards E on Sycamore Creek, founded 1835 by Samuel Watson, first judge of Cheatham County. Later acquired by Eagle Mills,...
