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Title: Groundbreaking for new Camden, South Carolina, plant
Date(s): 1949
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Lisa Robineau & Wesley Adams (photographer)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1429
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Groundbreaking for May Plant in Camden, South Carolina
Date(s): 1949
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1428
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Yarn processing operation
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Hundreds of individual ends of continuous filament yarn feed from the creel in the processing operation at E. I. du Pont Nemours & Company's plant for manufacturing Orlon acrylic fiber at Camden, South Carolina.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1404
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Machine shops at Orlon manufacturing facility
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: From precision, watch like parts for automatic gauges and panel control boards to heavy shafts, the modern machine shop at the May Plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company near here is equipped for virtually every emergency or maintenance job. The plant is the first in the world for the full scale commercial manufacture of Orlon acrylic fiber.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1406
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Shipping Orlon
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Ready for transporting to textile mills, cartons of Orlon acrylic fiber move to the shipping platform of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company's plant near here.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1416
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Automatic weigh tanks at Orlon acrylic fiber manufacturing plant
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Automatic weigh tanks arranged in horizontal and vertical tandem are representative of the modern bulk handling equipment installed throughout the May plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company at Camden, South Carolina for manufacturing Orlon acrylic fiber.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1409
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Machine shops at Orlon manufacturing facility
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: From precision, watch like parts for automatic gauges and panel control boards to heavy shafts, the modern machine shop at the May Plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company near here is equipped for virtually every emergency or maintenance job. The plant is the first in the world for the full scale commercial manufacture of Orlon acrylic fiber.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1407
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Site of May Plant in Camden, South Carolina
Date(s): 1945
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Lisa Robineau & Wesley Adams (photographer)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1430
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Automatic weigh tanks at Orlon acrylic fiber manufacturing plant
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Automatic weigh tanks arranged in horizontal and vertical tandem are representative of the modern bulk handling equipment installed throughout the May plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company at Camden, South Carolina for manufacturing Orlon acrylic fiber.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1408
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Shipping Orlon
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Exact weights are stamped on every shipping container of Orlon acrylic fiber before leaving the DuPont Company's May plant near Camden, South Carolina.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1419
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Quality check of Orlon fiber
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Close up of random quality checks of Orlon acrylic fiber, before it goes to inspection room. Here, bobbins of Orlon are selected at random before rack is wheeled into inspection room. These racks will beheld in this area until final check is made. Orlon is produced at E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company at Camden, South Carolina in a plant completed in 1952 at a cost of approximately $50,000,000.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1423
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Quality check of Orlon fiber
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Close scrutiny to guard against a score or more of possible defects is given to every bobbin of yarn before shipping at the DuPont Company's May Plant, near Camden, South Carolina where Orlon is manufactured.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1425
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Machine shops at Orlon manufacturing facility
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: From precision, watch like parts for automatic gauges and panel control boards to heavy shafts, the modern machine shop at the May Plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company near here is equipped for virtually every emergency or maintenance job. The plant is the first in the world for the full scale commercial manufacture of Orlon acrylic fiber.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1405
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Quality check of Orlon fiber
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1421
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Carts of Orlon acrylic fiber
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: From the final packaging machine, carts of glistening Orlon acrylic fiber in the form of continuous filament yarn go to the inspection tables for a thorough examination before shipping at E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company at Camden, South Carolina.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1420
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Shipping Orlon
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Exact weights are stamped on every shipping container of Orlon acrylic fiber before leaving the DuPont Company's May plant near Camden, South Carolina.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1418
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Spinning Orlon onto bobbins
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Orlon acrylic fiber is spun as continuous filament onto bobbins shown here. Bobbins are then placed on racks prior to being washed. After washing, the yarn will continue on it way to the third production stage where it will be wound on shipping bobbins, called pirns. Orlon is produced at E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company at Camden, South Carolina in a plant completed in 1952 at a cost of approximately $50,000,000.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1427
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Shipping Orlon
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Ready for transporting to textile mills, cartons of Orlon acrylic fiber move to the shipping platform of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company's plant near here.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1415
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Quality check of Orlon fiber
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Close scrutiny to guard against a score or more of possible defects is given to every bobbin of yarn before shipping at the DuPont Company's May Plant, near Camden, South Carolina where Orlon is manufactured.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1426
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Shipping Orlon
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Exact weights are stamped on every shipping container of Orlon acrylic fiber before leaving the DuPont Company's May plant near Camden, South Carolina.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1417
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Quality check of Orlon fiber
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: After Orlon acrylic fiber has been wound on shipping bobbins at DuPont's Camden, South Carolina plant, it is given a preliminary check by girl in the foreground before being sent on for final inspection. Cartons on flat truck contain Orlon continuous filament yarn which has been inspected and is being routed to shipping room. Girl in background carefully inspected each individual bobbin of Orlon yarn. Orlon is produced at E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company at Camden, South Carolina in a plant...
Show moreAfter Orlon acrylic fiber has been wound on shipping bobbins at DuPont's Camden, South Carolina plant, it is given a preliminary check by girl in the foreground before being sent on for final inspection. Cartons on flat truck contain Orlon continuous filament yarn which has been inspected and is being routed to shipping room. Girl in background carefully inspected each individual bobbin of Orlon yarn. Orlon is produced at E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company at Camden, South Carolina in a plant completed in 1952 at a cost of approximately $50,000,000.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1424
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Solvent scrubbing tower at the May Plant at Camden, South Carolina
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: At Camden, South Carolina spires of industry rise above the woods and fields of nearby Kershaw County, where E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company has built the first full scale commercial plant for manufacturing Orlon acrylic fiber in the world. Above are units for recovering essential materials for re use in the process.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1441
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Solvent scrubbing tower at the May Plant at Camden, South Carolina
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: At Camden, South Carolina spires of industry rise above the woods and fields of nearby Kershaw County, where E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company has built the first full scale commercial plant for manufacturing Orlon acrylic fiber in the world. Above are units for recovering essential materials for re use in the process.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1442
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: DuPont May Plant in Camden, South Carolina
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Knopf, Hans J. (photographer), Pix, Inc. (originator)
Description: First unit of plant for manufacturing Orlon acrylic fiber in form on continuous filament yarn, Much larger second addition will produce staple.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1431
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: DuPont's May Plant in Camden, South Carolina
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: 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. The plant went into commercial operation in May of 1952.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1435
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

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