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Hercules Powder Company Wilmington, Delaware headquarters construction

  • 1930
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This silent film captures the 1930 construction of Hercules Powder Company's new Headquarters and Research Station in Wilmington, Delaware and specifically its cornerstone laying ceremony. This new site was constructed after the company outgrew its Experimental Station in Kenvil, New Jersey.

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  • 3M 05S
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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Hercules Powder Company. “Hercules Powder Company Wilmington, Delaware Headquarters Construction.” 16mm (photographic film size), 1930. Science History Institute 16mm Film Collection. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/s8cj12p.

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