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FIRST AND EXCLUSIVE PICTURES OF THE THRIVING DU PONT POWDER PLANT AT CARNEY'S POINT
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FIRST PICTURE SHOWING GENERAL VIEW OF THE DU PONT POWDER PLANT, NO. 2, AT CARNEY'S POINT, N. J., WHERE 7000 MEN ARE TURNING OUT THE EXPLOSIVES THAT MAKE EUROPE'S CANNONS ROAR.
In the foreground and on the lower half of tho picturo nro tho houses occupied by tho more skilled workmen. At No. 1 are the central power houses alone tho Delaware River front At No. 2 is a cluster of lodging houses; No. 8, tho Y. M. C. A. building,
equipped with baths and billiard and reading rooms; No. 4, a typical blending tower, a number of which may bo seen along tho horizon. It is in theso that fatal "flares" sometimes occur a sudden burst of flamo like that of celluloid catching fire. At No. 6
are "bunk houses" where men slcop in tiers. Criss-crossing tho air nro pipes carrying heat to each building. This plant, with its many structures, is ono of the several that have grown up almost over night as a result of tho great war.
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ENTRANCE TO THE PLANT AND A WAITING LINE OF JOB-SEEKERS
Conspicuous nre the Bigns warning against the carrying of matchos. Under tho shed to the left nro the stands for a
row of guards, under whoso inspection every workman daily passes as ho enters. "
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A ROW OF ACID HOUSES CALLED "SOLVENT RECOVERIES"
In theso structures, each separated from tho other by a thick brick wall, fire is a great menace,
fence on tho left, through whoso portholes water hose tan bo poked.
To fight it ia a safety
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THP POWDER' PRESSING HOUSES ALL CARRY ESCAPE CHUTES
la casa of a rp. the raea can reach these chutes with a bound. A quick slide brings them to the ground. At the left,
marked with a csoss. is pae. of the numerous boxes containing stretchers which dot the ground. An electric lamp lights
the post at night.
THE MONSTROUS MACHINE WHICH GRINDS OUT THE CANNON POWDER
The powder is put into the machine in the form of huge cylinders which look like cakes of beeswa It emerges in long
brown strands like macaroni, which are curled into the cluster o" ans at the mouth pf the chutes. The machine
works almost silently.
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