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Employee cutting powder strands at Radford Ordnance Works

  • After 1940 – before 1946

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General view of an unidentified female employee cutting strands of .50 caliber powder extruded from a press to the proper length at the Radford Ordnance Works in Radford, Virginia. The Radford Ordnance Works was operated by the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.), which specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders.

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  • Series I. Facilities
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  • Box 2, Folder 44
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Hercules Incorporated. “Employee Cutting Powder Strands at Radford Ordnance Works,” n.d. Photographs from the Records & Ephemera of Hercules Incorporated, Box 2, Folder 44. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/6h440s86j.

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