TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - Machine shop at Hercules Port Ewen plant ID - 8k71nh736 AU - Hercules Incorporated DA - 1945/10// 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/8k71nh736 AB - General view of the machine shop at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York, showing employees at work on a variety of machines, including planers, milling machines, and lathes. 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 - Employees KW - Chemical industry KW - Hercules Incorporated KW - Corporations KW - Machinery LA - ER -