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Pages
- Title
- Carney's Point acid retorts
- Date(s)
- 1890/1910, 1890, 1910
- Contributor(s)
- Du Pont, Edmond, 1906-1996 (former owner)
- Collection ID
- Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection (Accession 1972.238)
- Hagley ID
- 1972238_164
- Collection
- Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection
- Title
- Repairing Hagley Yard dam near graining mill
- Date(s)
- 1880/1920, 1880, 1920
- Contributor(s)
- Du Pont, Edmond, 1906-1996 (former owner), Gentieu, Pierre A., 1842-1930 (photographer)
- Collection ID
- Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection (Accession 1972.238)
- Hagley ID
- 1972238_024
- Collection
- Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection
- Title
- Experimental containers for gunpowder
- Date(s)
- 1920
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), American Car and Foundry Company (associated name)
- Collection ID
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company photographs (Accession 1993.256)
- Hagley ID
- AVD_1993256_029
- Collection
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company photographs
- Title
- Mound City Explosives Department at Potomac River Works
- Date(s)
- 1954-03
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_0820
- Collection
- DuPont Product Information photographs
- Title
- Explosives Department at Repauno Works at Gibbstown, New Jersey
- Date(s)
- 1920/1929, 1920, 1929
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_0842
- Collection
- DuPont Product Information photographs
- Title
- Louviers Works in Colorado
- Date(s)
- 1950/1959, 1950, 1959
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_0783
- Collection
- DuPont Product Information photographs
- Title
- Interview with Thomas McCray, 1981 February 5 [transcript]
- Date(s)
- 1981-02-05
- Contributor(s)
- McCray, Thomas (interviewee), Tremaine, Dorothy (interviewer)
- Description
-
Transcript of interview with Thomas McCray who lived on Rising Sun Lane and Long Row and whose father and uncle were killed in an explosion. The interview took place in Wilmington, Delaware. Also contributing to the interview are Mr. McCray's wife, Lucy Brooks McCray, and their daughter, Jeanette Henry.
- Collection ID
- Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
- Hagley ID
- 2026_061813_11
- Collection
- Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley
- Title
- Interview with Dennis Buckley, 1975 January 10 [transcript]
- Date(s)
- 1975-01-10
- Contributor(s)
- Buckley, Dennis (interviewee), Ward, Mary Sam (interviewer)
- Description
-
Transcript of interview with Dennis Buckely recalling his youth growing up on the Brandywine. The interview took place in Wilmington, Delaware.
- Collection ID
- Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
- Hagley ID
- 2026_052213_06
- Collection
- Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley
- Title
- Powdermen in front of Hagley Yard office, the Rumford Dawes house
- Date(s)
- 1880/1910, 1880, 1910
- Contributor(s)
- Du Pont, Edmond, 1906-1996 (former owner), Gentieu, Pierre A., 1842-1930 (photographer)
- Collection ID
- Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection (Accession 1972.238)
- Hagley ID
- 1972238_001
- Collection
- Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection
- Title
- Old Keg Mill opposite Hagley Yard
- Date(s)
- 1880/1910, 1880, 1910
- Contributor(s)
- Du Pont, Edmond, 1906-1996 (former owner)
- Collection ID
- Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection (Accession 1972.238)
- Hagley ID
- 1972238_010
- Collection
- Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection
- Title
- Experimental containers for gunpowder
- Date(s)
- 1920
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company photographs (Accession 1993.256)
- Hagley ID
- AVD_1993256_028
- Collection
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company photographs
- Title
- Explosives Department's Belin Plant near Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Date(s)
- 1950/1959, 1950, 1959
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_0860A
- Collection
- DuPont Product Information photographs
- Title
- Repauno Plant, Gibbstown, New Jersey
- Date(s)
- 1950/1959, 1950, 1959
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_0514
- Collection
- DuPont Product Information photographs
- Title
- Machinery after wheel mill explosion in Hagley Yard
- Date(s)
- 1921-01-22
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs (Accession 2017.226)
- Hagley ID
- HF_E74_023
- Collection
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs
- Title
- Interview with Edward Devenney, 1984 March 27 [audio]
- Date(s)
- 1984-03-27
- Contributor(s)
- Devenney, Edward (interviewee), Bond, James (interviewer)
- Description
-
Devenney recounts various explosions, daily life in the community, games the children would play, social activities, and courting practices among the youth.
- Collection ID
- Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
- Hagley ID
- 1970370_10213_devenney_e
- Collection
- Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley
- Title
- Eagle Dry House, Back View of Old Dust Mill - Hagley Yard
- Date(s)
- 1890/1925, 1890, 1925
- Contributor(s)
- Macklem, John W., 1867-1948 (former owner), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name)
- Collection ID
- John W. Macklem collection of DuPont Company powder yards photographs (Accession 1968.010)
- Hagley ID
- 1968010_001_02_03
- Collection
- John W. Macklem collection of DuPont Company powder yards photographs
- Title
- Louviers Works for explosives manufacture in Louviers, Colorado
- Date(s)
- 1940/1949, 1940, 1949
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_0712
- Collection
- DuPont Product Information photographs
- Title
- Interview with Margaret Headley, 1984 February 22 [transcript]
- Date(s)
- 1984-02-22
- Contributor(s)
- Headley, Margaret (interviewee), Wagner, Betty (interviewer)
- Description
-
Transcript of interview with Margaret Headley who grew up near Hagley and had a number of relatives who were employed there.
- Collection ID
- Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
- Hagley ID
- 2026_061713_05
- Collection
- Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley
- Title
- Piece of wreckage on ground after wheel mill explosion
- Date(s)
- 1921-01-22
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs (Accession 2017.226)
- Hagley ID
- HF_E74_005
- Collection
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs
- Title
- Machinery after wheel mill explosion in Hagley Yard
- Date(s)
- 1921-01-22
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs (Accession 2017.226)
- Hagley ID
- HF_E74_021
- Collection
- DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs
- Title
- Charles I. du Pont to Cousin [Francis G. du Pont], undated
- Date(s)
- 1890
- Contributor(s)
- Gentieu, Pierre A., 1842-1930 (addressee), Du Pont, Francis Gurney, 1850-1904 (addressee), Du Pont, Charles I. (Charles Irénée), 1859-1902 (correspondent), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (correspondent)
- Description
-
Note from Charles du Pont to Francis G. du Pont regarding keeping the 'enclosed gentleman' out of the yard. This item also includes a note from Francis G. du Pont to Pierre A. Gentieu, passing along the same request.
- Collection ID
- Pierre A. Gentieu Papers (Accession 503)
- Hagley ID
- LMSS_0503_01_002
- Collection
- Pierre A. Gentieu papers, 1858-1911
- Title
- Experimental tunnel used in explosives research
- Date(s)
- 1940/1949, 1940, 1949
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Experimental tunnel at DuPont Company's plant at Pompton Lakes, New Jersey is used by Eastern Laboratory technicians to duplicate conditions in underground mines. Tunnel is drilled 100 feet into face of a stone cliff. It enables researchers to measure full scale effect of explosives.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_0664
- Collection
- DuPont Product Information photographs
- Title
- Interview with Catherine Cheney, 1981 January 29 [audio](part 1)
- Date(s)
- 1981-01-29
- Contributor(s)
- Cheney, Catherine (interviewee), Tremaine, Dorothy (interviewer)
- Description
-
Cheney discusses various household items her home contained and how they have changed. She also discusses baking bread, an explosion that caused her family to move, making soap for laundry, healthcare, her family's relationship with the du Pont family, her education, and her growing up years along the Brandywine, including chores and entertainments.
- Collection ID
- Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
- Hagley ID
- 1970370_92513_cheney_c_part3
- Collection
- Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley
- Title
- Explosive rivets used in assembly line methods of mass production
- Date(s)
- 1950/1959, 1950, 1959
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
DuPont explosive rivet, improved to fit need of assembly line methods of mass production, is set with a DuPont riveting iron. Electrically heated iron fires tiny explosive charge in rivet, expanding it to make tight fastening and eliminating need for second man to buck the work from opposite side.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_0768D
- Collection
- DuPont Product Information photographs
- Title
- Henry Slater house after Weldy & Company magazine explosion
- Date(s)
- 1878
- Contributor(s)
- Bretz, George M., 1842-1895 (photographer), Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 (former owner)
- Description
-
Stereoscope card showing damage caused by the explosion of Weldy & Company's magazine on 18 August 1878. Handwritten on verso: 'Henry Slater home this stood about 300 yards south of magazine.'
- Collection ID
- P.S. du Pont Longwood photograph collection (Accession 1969.002)
- Hagley ID
- 1969_2_D8B2_088
- Collection
- P.S. du Pont Longwood photographs