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Availability:In StockContributor:Jennifer Posedel, Stephen Lawton, Hercules Historical SocietyTheme:Cultural Region/West Coast, Cultural Region/Western U.S., Geographic Orientation/CaliforniaPublish date:5/2/2011Pages:130
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781531648978ISBN-10:1531648975UPC:9781531648978Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.413Product ID:SCVA47CYTH
The history of explosives manufacturing in Hercules began in 1879, when the California Powder Works acquired a site on San Pablo Bay, 20 miles northeast of San Francisco. The powder works, subsequently owned by Dupont and the Hercules Powder Company, produced one of the first internationally branded products: Hercules dynamite. It became the world's leading producer of TNT during World War I. The town of Hercules was incorporated in 1900, and for nearly 75 years, its population remained under 300. The company-owned village had no retail district, but its employee clubhouse was the anchor for the city's social life. After the explosives plant closed, buildings comprising a small historic district were restored, while a diverse residential suburb grew rapidly around it. Hercules chronicles the city's industrial past and a vanishing way of life.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781531648978ISBN-10:1531648975UPC:9781531648978Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.413Product ID:SCVA47CYTH
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Contributor(s)
Jennifer Posedel, Stephen Lawton, Hercules Historical Society
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