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1868 advertisement in a mining newspaper for the California Powder Works California Powder Works was the first American explosive powder manufacturing company west of the Rocky Mountains . When the outbreak of the Civil War cut off supplies of gunpowder to California 's mining and road-building industries, a local manufacturer was needed.
During World War I (1914–18) the Trojan Chemical Company expanded the plant in Allentown to manufacture explosives and load them into grenades and mortar shells. [11] The company prospered during the war. [4] Trojan was one of a small number of explosives companies at the time, and obtained large orders from the British, French and Italians.
The Giant Powder Company was an explosives manufacturing company which operated from the mid 19th century through the first half of the 20th century, located in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. The Giant Powder Company was the first company in the United States to produce dynamite under an exclusive license from Alfred Nobel.
Pages in category "Explosive chemicals" The following 141 pages are in this category, out of 141 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Acetone peroxide;
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The land that would become Hercules was part of a tract of land known as “Pinol y Cañada del Hambre” which was granted in 1823 to Ygnacio Martinez (for whom the city of Martinez, California was named) for his service as the commandant of the Presidio of San Francisco. This grant was reconfirmed in 1842 as Rancho El Pinole. [13]
California wildfires off to explosive start, burning 30 times as many acres as all of last year ... The staggering 763,425 acres that have burned this year amount to a land mass nearly the size of ...