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Steam chimney on five-position windup and spinning machine
- 1938
Close-up view of DuPont employee Richard L. Huber adjusting the steam chimney on a five-position windup and spinning machine at the DuPont pilot plant in Wilmington, Delaware during the early stages of nylon production…
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Gas cylinder on five-position windup machine
- 1938
Close-up view of a DuPont employee adjusting a gas cylinder on a five-position windup machine at the DuPont pilot plant in Wilmington, Delaware during the early stages of nylon production and research. The employee is…
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Gas cylinder on five-position windup machine
- 1938
Close-up view of a DuPont employee adjusting a gas cylinder on a five-position windup machine at the DuPont pilot plant in Wilmington, Delaware during the early stages of nylon production and research. The employee is…
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Fiber W crimping machine and relaxer
- 1937 – 1938
General view of Fiber W crimping machine and relaxer used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. Fiber W was a wool-like version of nylon…
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Feeding nylon chips into five-position spinning machine
- 1938
Close-up view of DuPont employee Mike McCall feeding nylon chips into the hopper of a five-position spinning machine used at the DuPont pilot plant in Wilmington, Delaware during the early stages of nylon production and…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Melt viscometer at DuPont Experimental Station
- 1938-Aug-24
General view of a melt viscometer used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. This machine was used to measure the melt viscosity and…
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Spinning room at nylon pilot plant
- 1938-Jul-15
General view of the second floor of the Spinning Room during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont pilot plant in Wilmington, Delaware. Visible on the left-hand side of the photograph are steam…
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Five-position windup at nylon pilot plant
- 1938-Jul-15
General view of a five-position windup machine located on the ground floor of the Spinning Room at the DuPont pilot plant in Wilmington, Delaware during the early stages of nylon production and research.
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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…
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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…
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Gear crimping machine at DuPont Experimental Station
- 1938-May-18
Close-up view of a gear crimping machine used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. This machine was likely used for the testing and…
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Two-position vertical windup at DuPont Experimental Station
- 1938-Mar-08
General view of a two-position vertical windup machine used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Synthetic fiber samples from DuPont Experimental Station
- 1937-Oct-28
Two views of synthetic fiber samples produced at the DuPont Experimental Station during the early stages of nylon production and research. The samples are identified, from left, as "Acele," Fiber 66, and Viscose Rayon…
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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…
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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…