Employee working at washing tub at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940-Jun-17
General view of an unidentified employee working at a washing tub in use at the Hercules Powder Company's Ethyl Cellulose plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, constant agitation and continual charges of water were used to wash cubed ethyl cellulose in order to remove any impurities.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified its business to encompass a variety of industrial products, including pine and paper chemicals, synthetics, pigments, polymers, and cellulose.
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Cite as
Hercules Incorporated. “Employee Working at Washing Tub at Hercules Hopewell Plant,” June 17, 1940. Photographs from the Records & Ephemera of Hercules Incorporated, Box 1, Folder 35. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/s1784m61t.
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