TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: No Known Copyright TI - Charge and Press machine at Hercules Port Ewen plant ID - 4x51hj57p AU - Hercules Incorporated DA - 1945/03// YR - 1945 AV - Photographs from the Records & Ephemera of Hercules Incorporated, Box 2, Folder 36 VL - Photographs from the Records & Ephemera of Hercules Incorporated, Box 2, Folder 36 AN - Photographs from the Records & Ephemera of Hercules Incorporated, Box 2, Folder 36 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/4x51hj57p AB - Close-up view of the Charge and Press machine used to fill shells with an explosives charge the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. After the charge was pressed into the bottom of the shells, the shells were sent to the Filling Room, where wired plugs were inserted before the shells were packed for shipment. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders. During World War II, the company's Port Ewen plant produced a range of special detonators designed for military use. KW - Explosives, Military KW - Detonators KW - Chemical industry KW - Propellants KW - Hercules Incorporated KW - World War (1939-1945) KW - Military supplies KW - Corporations KW - Explosives KW - Defense industries KW - Machinery LA - ER -