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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

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