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Title: 1950 explosion at South Amboy, N.J., American Agricultural Chemical Company plant
Date(s): 1950-07-31
Contributor(s): Pennsylvania Railroad (Corporate Name) (originator)
Collection ID: Pennsylvania Railroad negative collection (Accession 1993.300)
Hagley ID: PRR_18370
Collection: Pennsylvania Railroad negatives

Title: Correspondence, Mrs. Samuel Francis (Sophie) Du Pont to Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, 1861-11-20
Date(s): 1861-11-20
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Sophie Madeleine, 1810-1888 (correspondent), Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865 (correspondent)
Description: News of an explosion a the mills, four mils in the Upper Yard exploded, three men killed, Charles' du Pont's house nearly destroyed, some of Louisa's children cut by glass, Meta. struck on head, they are staying at Eleuthera's, the worst blast since 1818
Collection ID: Winterthur Manuscripts (Accession WMSS)
Hagley ID: MrsSFDP_18611120
Collection: Civil War collections

Title: Correspondence, Mrs. Samuel Francis (Sophie) Du Pont to Samuel Francis Du Pont, 1861-11-29
Date(s): 1861-11-29
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Sophie Madeleine, 1810-1888 (correspondent), Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding Sophie's reaction to the destruction caused by the November 20, 1861 explosion.
Collection ID: Winterthur Manuscripts (Accession WMSS)
Hagley ID: 20100623_w923058_01
Collection: Civil War collections

Title: Correspondence, Mrs. Samuel Francis (Sophie) Du Pont to Samuel Francis Du Pont, 1861-11-20
Date(s): 1861-11-20
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Sophie Madeleine, 1810-1888 (correspondent), Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding the destruction caused by the November 20, 1861 explosion in the powder yards (Press Room, Grain Mill, and Dust Mill in Upper Yard). Three people were killed including Joseph Russell, John Vichie, and Charles Mulherrin.
Collection ID: Winterthur Manuscripts (Accession WMSS)
Hagley ID: 20100621_w923052_01
Collection: Civil War collections

Title: Correspondence, Mrs. Samuel Francis (Sophie) Du Pont to John Syle, 1861-11-22
Date(s): 1861-11-22
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Sophie Madeleine, 1810-1888 (correspondent), Syle, John (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding the recent explosion on November 20, 1861 and its destruction. Sophie is taking care of Mr. Syle's children, whom she is very fond of. Sophie mentions two letters she has received from her husband.
Collection ID: Winterthur Manuscripts (Accession WMSS)
Hagley ID: 20100622_w923054_01
Collection: Civil War collections

Title: Correspondence, Mrs. Samuel Francis (Sophie) Du Pont to her husband, Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont
Date(s): 1863-02-24
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Sophie Madeleine, 1810-1888 (correspondent), Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865 (correspondent)
Description: Mrs. Du Pont relaying the news of an explosion at the Hagley packing house, where twelve men were killed and Hagley house nearly destroyed
Collection ID: Winterthur Manuscripts (Accession WMSS)
Hagley ID: MrsSFDP_18630224
Collection: Civil War collections

Title: Correspondence, Mrs. Henry (Louisa) du Pont to her son, Henry Algernon du Pont, 1861-11-23
Date(s): 1861-11-23
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Louisa Gerhard, 1816-1900 (correspondent), Du Pont, H. A. (Henry Algernon), 1838-1926 (correspondent)
Description: Explosion in 1861 and details of property destroyed, as well as details of destruction at Eleutherian Mills, briefly mentions Port Royal
Collection ID: Winterthur Manuscripts (Accession WMSS)
Hagley ID: MrsHDP_18611123
Collection: Civil War collections

Title: 1950 explosion at South Amboy, N.J., American Agricultural Chemical Company, foreground
Date(s): 1950-07-31
Contributor(s): Pennsylvania Railroad (Corporate Name) (originator)
Collection ID: Pennsylvania Railroad negative collection (Accession 1993.300)
Hagley ID: PRR_18371
Collection: Pennsylvania Railroad negatives

Title: Correspondence, Mrs. Samuel Francis (Sophie) Du Pont to Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, 1861-11-25
Date(s): 1861-11-25
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Sophie Madeleine, 1810-1888 (correspondent), Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865 (correspondent)
Description: Detailed accounts of where family members were during the Nov. 1861 explosion in the powder yard, also relays news from other letters to S.F.
Collection ID: Winterthur Manuscripts (Accession WMSS)
Hagley ID: MrsSFDP_18611125
Collection: Civil War collections

Title: 1950 explosion at South Amboy, N.J., American Agricultural Chemical Company, foreground
Date(s): 1950-07-31
Contributor(s): Pennsylvania Railroad (Corporate Name) (originator)
Collection ID: Pennsylvania Railroad negative collection (Accession 1993.300)
Hagley ID: PRR_18372
Collection: Pennsylvania Railroad negatives

Title: Correspondence, Mrs. Samuel Francis (Sophie) Du Pont to Clementina [Smith], 1861-11-22
Date(s): 1861-11-22
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Sophie Madeleine, 1810-1888 (correspondent), Smith, Clementina B. (Clementina Beach), b. 1814 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence to Clemma regarding the explosion in the powder yard on November 20, 1861 and the destruction it caused.
Collection ID: Winterthur Manuscripts (Accession WMSS)
Hagley ID: 20100622_w923053_01
Collection: Civil War collections

Title: Correspondence, Mrs. Samuel Francis (Sophie) Du Pont to Samuel Francis Du Pont, 1861-11-25
Date(s): 1861-11-25
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Sophie Madeleine, 1810-1888 (correspondent), Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence from Sophie to her husband describing the aftermath of the explosion and the people she is hosting in her house, including the Syle boys (Louis and Fred). Friend Polly and niece Lina stayed with Sophie to help around the house.
Collection ID: Winterthur Manuscripts (Accession WMSS)
Hagley ID: 20100622_w923056_01
Collection: Civil War collections

Title: Blasting for pipe line in the Susquehanna River near Marietta, Pennsylvania
Date(s): 1950/1959, 1950, 1959
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: This view shows a shot of approximately 16,000 pounds of DuPont 60% gelatin dynamite in the Susquehanna River near Marietta, Pennsylvania. It was one of several blasts made to create a trench in the river bed for the laying of Big Inch, the world's largest oil pipe line. This was the largest single dynamite charge employed, up to that time to build a trench for a pipeline river crossing. A ditch 442 feet long was blasted.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0726
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Ripple Rock in the Seymour Narrows being exploded
Date(s): 1958
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: 1/2 second after blast
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0720
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Ripple Rock in the Seymour Narrows being exploded
Date(s): 1958
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Zero plus 8.4 seconds after blast
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0721B
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Ripple Rock in the Seymour Narrows being exploded
Date(s): 1958
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Zero plus 4.7 seconds after blast
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0721
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Ripple Rock in the Seymour Narrows being exploded
Date(s): 1958
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Ripple Rock in the Seymour Narrows being exploded. In 1958, it was the largest non atomic explosion intentionally fired anywhere. There was 370,000 tons of rock shattered.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0719
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Ripple Rock in the Seymour Narrows being exploded
Date(s): 1958
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Zero plus 1.7 seconds after blast
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0721A
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Nitramon explosion at rock quarry
Date(s): 1950/1959, 1950, 1959
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Explosion of 54,463 pounds of Nitramon at the John T. Dyer Company's trap rock quarry at Monocacy, Pennsylvania.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0730
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Nitramon explosion at rock quarry
Date(s): 1950/1959, 1950, 1959
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Explosion of 54,463 pounds of Nitramon at the John T. Dyer Company's trap rock quarry at Monocacy, Pennsylvania.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0729
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Explosion seen about 500 feet from blast
Date(s): 1940/1949, 1940, 1949
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: After supervisors and engineers had witnessed the quick, efficient digging of a ditch in Johnson County, Iowa, by DuPont experts, they gave the Go Ahead on a long list of special projects in the area. Some idea of the height (150-180 feet) the muck and mud of the heavily silted stream reached can be had by noting the telephone poles.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0718
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Blast furnace explosion
Date(s): 1920/1929, 1920, 1929
Contributor(s): American Iron and Steel Institute. Public Relations Department. (originator)
Collection ID: American Iron and Steel Institute photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1986.268)
Hagley ID: 1986268_1_0372
Collection: American Iron and Steel Institute

Title: Map, Missile Map-Explosion of Corning Mill and Lesmok Dry House at Brandywine Mills Jan. 5, 1917, 1917-01-09
Date(s): 1917-01-09
Creator: Robinson, L. F.
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Map displaying the distances objects were thrown in a corning mill and dry house explosion in the Upper Yard (Eleutherian Mills) along with locations of buildings and the structural damage they received from the blast.
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: map_090619_04
Collection: Maps and Plans of the Hagley Site and Buildings

Title: Correspondence, M. D. W. Loomis to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1854-07-28
Date(s): 1854-07-28
Contributor(s): Loomis, M. D. W. (correspondent), Hazard Powder Company (correspondent)
Description: Loomis, an agent of the Hazard Powder Company, discusses the reaction of the people of Cincinnati to the explosion of DuPont Company powder wagons in Wilmington, Delaware. Loomis also asks for a copy of Wilmington's ordinance forbidding the transportation of gunpowder through city limits.
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: 20101123_01
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records

Title: Correspondence, De Forest Willard to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1877-02-19
Date(s): 1877-02-19
Contributor(s): Willard, De Forest, 1846-1910 (correspondent)
Description: De Forest Willard, a Philadelphia physician, writes on behalf of a Mrs. Hughes who was injured in the 1854 explosion of three DuPont Company powder wagons in Wilmington, Delaware. Willard requests that the DuPont Company give Mrs. Hughes remuneration for her and her family's injuries.
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
Hagley ID: 20101123_03
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records

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