TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - James Fiore transferring dry powder at Hercules Port Ewen plant ID - fb494892v AU - Hercules Incorporated DA - 1954/// YR - 1954 AV - Photographs from the Records & Ephemera of Hercules Incorporated, Box 2, Folder 37 VL - Photographs from the Records & Ephemera of Hercules Incorporated, Box 2, Folder 37 AN - Photographs from the Records & Ephemera of Hercules Incorporated, Box 2, Folder 37 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/fb494892v AB - General view of employee James (Jay) Fiore transferring dry powder from the dry house to the mix house at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Notably, the powder, which was used in the manufacture of electric blasting caps, was always transferred and rested in rubber in order to avoid the hazard of metal, which might cause a spark or a shock. 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. The company's Port Ewen plant produced a range of special detonators designed for military use, as well as construction jobs that required blasts of dynamite, such as the clearing of quarries, mines, and tunnels. KW - Detonators KW - Employees KW - Chemical industry KW - Propellants KW - Hercules Incorporated KW - Corporations KW - Explosives KW - Fiore, James LA - ER -