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  Oxygen analyzer at DuPont Experimental Station

  • 1938-Aug-28

  General view of an oxygen analyzer used to measure the contents of purified nitrogen during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. To protect hot…

  • Subject Nylon, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Nitrogen--Analysis, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
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  Drawings, Charts, diagrams, etc

  Floor plan of DuPont nylon pilot plant

  • 1938-Jan-11

  Hand-drawn floor plan of DuPont nylon pilot plant. DuPont operated pilot plants in both Wilmington and Seaford, Delaware, but it is unknown which pilot plant this diagram depicts.

  • Subject Nylon, Floor plans, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
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  Detail view of draw pin string-up arrangement at nylon pilot plant

  • Circa 1938

  Two detail views of the BJ-4 Drawtwister used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont pilot plant in Wilmington, Delaware showing the relocation of the draw pin string-up. The photographs…

  • Subject Nylon, Polymers, Nylon--Testing, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery
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  Detail view of BJ-4 Drawtwister at nylon pilot plant

  • 1938-Jul-15

  Detail view of the BJ-4 Drawtwister used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont pilot plant in Wilmington, Delaware. As part of the cold-drawing process, drawtwisters were used to stretch…

  • Subject Nylon, Polymers, Nylon--Testing, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery
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  BJ-4 Drawtwister at nylon pilot plant

  • 1938-Jul-15

  General view of the BJ-4 Drawtwister used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont pilot plant in Wilmington, Delaware. As part of the cold-drawing process, drawtwisters were used to…

  • Subject Nylon, Polymers, Nylon--Testing, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery
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  250-pound autoclave and casting equipment

  • 1937-Nov-08

  General view of a 250-pound autoclave and polymer casting equipment used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. During production, a…

  • Subject Nylon, Polymers, Autoclaves, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery, Nylon--Testing
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  DuPont technicians casting polymer from 250-pound autoclave

  • Circa 1938

  View of DuPont technicians casting polymer from a 250-pound autoclave during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. During production, a…

  • Subject Nylon, Carothers, Wallace Hume, 1896-1937, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
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  50-pound autoclave and casting equipment

  • 1937-Mar-26

  Close-up view of a 50-pound autoclave and polymer casting equipment used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. During production, a…

  • Subject Nylon, Polymers, Autoclaves, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery, Nylon--Testing
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  50-pound autoclave and casting equipment

  • 1937-Feb-12

  General view of a 50-pound autoclave and polymer casting equipment used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. During production, a…

  • Subject Nylon, Polymers, Nylon--Testing, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery, Autoclaves
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  C.F. Wells casting polymer from 250-pound autoclave

  • Circa 1938

  Two views of C.F. Wells casting polymer from a 250-pound autoclave during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. During production, a…

  • Subject Employees, Nylon, Polymers, Nylon--Testing, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery, Autoclaves
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  Casting polymer from 250-pound autoclave

  • Circa 1938

  View of two DuPont technicians casting polymer from a 250-pound autoclave during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. During production, a…

  • Subject Employees, Nylon, Polymers, Autoclaves, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery, Nylon--Testing
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  Top of 250-pound autoclave

  • 1937-Nov-08

  General view of the top of a 250-pound autoclave used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. During production, a partially-evaporated nylon…

  • Subject Nylon, Nylon--Testing, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery, Autoclaves
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  Fourth spinning machine and chain traverse windup

  • 1937-Nov-05

  General view of the fourth spinning machine and chain traverse windup used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. Per the recollections of…

  • Subject Spinning machinery, Nylon, Nylon--Testing, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery
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  Third continuous spinning machine with side-flow chimney and diminishing traverse

  • 1937-Jun-01

  Close-up view of the third continuous spinning machine used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware, with a view of the side-flow chimney and…

  • Subject Spinning machinery, Nylon, Nylon--Testing, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery
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  Second continuous spinning machine

  • 1936-Oct-02

  Close-up view of the second continuous spinning machine used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. This machine notably included a swing-arm…

  • Subject Spinning machinery, Nylon, Nylon--Testing, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery, Spinning pumps (Textile machinery)
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  Second continuous spinning machine

  • 1937-Feb-03

  General view of the second continuous spinning machine used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. This machine notably included a swing-arm…

  • Subject Spinning machinery, Nylon, Nylon--Testing, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery, Spinning pumps (Textile machinery)
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  Third continuous spinning machine

  • 1937-May-14

  General view of the third continuous spinning machine used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. This machine became the prototype for the…

  • Subject Spinning machinery, Nylon, Nylon--Testing, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery, Spinning pumps (Textile machinery)
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  First continuous spinning machine

  • 1936-Apr-01

  General view of the first continuous spinning machine used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. This machine notably included a high-speed…

  • Subject Spinning machinery, Nylon, Nylon--Testing, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery, Spinning pumps (Textile machinery)
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  Upper level of nylon 66 salt kettle

  • 1937-Mar-26

  General view of the upper level of the salt kettle used in the production of nylon 66 during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. During the…

  • Subject Nylon, Scientific apparatus and instruments, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
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  First drawing machine at DuPont Buffalo plant

  • 1937-Nov-05

  General view of the first drawing machine used at DuPont's Buffalo plant during the early stages of nylon production and research. In this technique, which generally was unsuccessful, undrawn yarn was pre-twisted by the…

  • Subject Nylon, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery
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  General view of the salt kettle preparation area

  • 1937-Mar-26

  General view of the salt kettle preparation area used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. During the production of nylon, adipic acid and…

  • Subject Nylon, Scientific apparatus and instruments, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery
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  First drawing machine at DuPont Buffalo plant

  • Circa 1936

  Overhead view of the first drawing machine used at DuPont's Buffalo plant during the early stages of nylon production and research. In this technique, which generally was unsuccessful, undrawn yarn was pre-twisted by…

  • Subject Nylon, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery
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  First drawing machine at DuPont Buffalo plant

  • Circa 1936

  General view of the first drawing machine used at DuPont's Buffalo plant during the early stages of nylon production and research. In this technique, which generally was unsuccessful, undrawn yarn was pre-twisted by the…

  • Subject Nylon, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery
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  Spinning machine at DuPont Buffalo plant

  • 1936

  General view of the spinning machine used at DuPont's Buffalo plant during the early stages of nylon production and research. This spinning machine, which was operated by Don Hull and George Lewis, was subsequently…

  • Subject Spinning machinery, Nylon, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery
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  Rayon doubler and twister

  • 1936-Jul-17

  General view of the Whitin Machine Works Rayon doubler and twister used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. This machine predated and…

  • Subject Whitin Machine Works (Whitinsville, Mass.), Nylon, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery, Twisting machines (Textile machinery)