DuPont Company product information collection

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    In 1952, the DuPont Company organized a Product Information section within the Public Relations Department. Its main purpose was to create news releases accompanied by photographs that would be run editorially by trade journals and newspapers to create inexpensive publicity and indirect advertising.
    The DuPont Company product information collection collection (Accession 1972.341) contains photographs of DuPont Company corporate events and proceedings, product trade shows and fairs, development and manufacturing processes, and the employees and facilities where the products were created. Most of the photographs were taken from the 1930s through the 1950s. The collection has not been digitized in its entirety.
    Image: Comparison of Teflon and plastic. Click to view.

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Belle, West Virginia, works
Ammonia production start up
First scrubber at Belle, West Virginia, works
Erection of first scrubber in 1928 at A. Plant. It operates on 450# pressure.
First scrubber at Belle, West Virginia, works
Erection of first scrubber in 1928 at A. Plant. It operates on 450# pressure.
Belle, West Virginia, works under construction
First part of steel erection for A factory. Note Model T dump truck, team of mules and old Lorain portable crane.
Flood conditions of Simmons Creek near Belle, West Virginia, works
View shows highest water. Now all this area is filled in and occupied by storage tanks.
Upper portion of Belle, West Virginia, works
Upper portion of the plant showing the railroad fill which entered the plant at the point which is now occupied by the Glycol plant.
View from 200 feet stack at Boiler House at Belle, West Virginia, works
View from 200 feet stack at Boiler House looking up Kanawha River. Hydrogen Holder is completely inflated. Note two Ammonia Storage tanks to the right of holder and the guide frame columns of the relief holder at bottom of picture. Club House is at rear of Odell house at right angles to permanent location. Now all residences and the old church are removed and the land is now occupied by Glycol, Zerome, Polythene etc.
Original plant site before construction of Belle, West Virginia, works
View of original plant site taken from mountain side (just below-const. of present main office) before any construction work was started. Buildings in picture are old Charleston Chemical Company buildings.
Belle, West Virginia, works
The DuPont Company's Belle Plant stretches for more than a mile along the Kanawha River near Charleston WV. Plant products familiar to the consumer include antifreezes, fertilizers and a mold retardant for baked goods. Other chemical products are vital ingredients in making plastics, nylon, paints and lacquers, pharmaceuticals, insecticides and weed killers. The plant also contains a modern laboratory for testing raw materials and finished products and facilities for development of new products. Started din 1925 to make ammonia from coal, air and water the Belle Plant has been modernized extensively in recent years by conversion from coal to natural gas as a prime raw material.
Belle, West Virginia, works at night
A night view of DuPont's sprawling Belle Plant along the Kanawha River at Belle WV where chemicals are produced by high pressure synthesis. Ethylene glycol, nylon intermediates, ammonia and urea are among the products produced at Belle.
Benzol plant at Belle, West Virginia, works
Benzol plant at the Belle WV Works of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Benzol is used in the manufacture of chemicals employed in the production of nylon. The Belle Works also buys large quantities of benzene for nylon chemicals manufacture.
Battery of coke ovens at Belle, West Virginia, works
Battery of coke ovens used at the Belle WV plant of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company.
Electric motor for scrubber pump at Belle, West Virginia, works
1500 H.P. electric motor used for scrubber pump to push water uphill behind Belle Works.

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