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  2. Powder mill - Wikipedia

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    They were the DuPont mill, the Hazard Powder Company of Hazardville, Connecticut, the Oriental Powder Company of Windham, Maine, and the Laflin Powder Company of Newburgh, New York. [5] The Confederate Powderworks of Augusta, Georgia produced 6,000 tonnes of gunpowder from 1862 to 1865, but was dismantled after the war. [6]

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  4. Category:Gunpowder mills - Wikipedia

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  5. Eleutherian Mills - Wikipedia

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    Starting initially by reworking damaged gunpowder and refining saltpetre for the U.S. government, he quickly moved into gunpowder manufacture. [8] Saltpetre was refined in an area between the house and the mills that now is occupied by a formal garden. Charcoal was produced from the willow trees that lined the Brandywine. Original DuPont powder ...

  6. Peters Cartridge Company - Wikipedia

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    Manufacturing facilities were dispersed along the 2-mile (3.2 km) power canal to minimize damage during infrequent explosions. King's son-in-law Gershom Moore Peters began working at the powder mill in 1881 and became president of the powder company when King died in 1885. Peters formed the Peters Cartridge Company at Kings Mills in 1887.

  7. Confederate Powderworks - Wikipedia

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    The Confederate Powderworks was the second largest gunpowder factory in the world at that time, producing 3.5 tons per day. More than 2.75 million pounds of first-quality gunpowder (a majority of the powder used by the Confederacy) were produced before its closure in 1865. [ 5 ]

  8. Barnaul Cartridge Plant - Wikipedia

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    During World War 2 it was evacuated again to its current location in Barnaul in 1941. [1] The factory is part of the Barnaul Machine Tool Building Plant holding. [2] In June 2023, Poly Technologies was identified as supplying Barnaul Cartridge Plant with gunpowder during the Russo-Ukrainian War. [3] [4]

  9. Laflin & Rand Powder Company - Wikipedia

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    Laflin & Rand's Passaic Powder Mills in Passaic County, New Jersey. Laflin & Rand Powder Company was a gunpowder and early smokeless powder manufacturer notable for producing the smokeless powder used by United States Army infantry rifles from 1896 to 1908, which included the period of development of the M1903 Springfield rifle and .30-06 Springfield cartridge.