California Powder Works

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
California Powder Works		Santa Cruz	California	1861

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Estasblished on December 28, 1861. One million dollars was to he invested in the plant by thc time it was fully equipped. Water, for power, was taken from the San Lorenzo River through a tunnel pierced in a spur of the mountain. Production started in 1864 and gunpowder as well as powder for the mining and railroad industires was made. It was the first company to produce smikeless powder on the West Coast. the company was sold to DuPont in 1903.

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Estasblished on December 28, 1861. One million dollars was to he invested in the plant by thc time it was fully

equipped. Water, for power, was taken from the San Lorenzo River through a tunnel pierced in a spur of the mountain. Production started in 1864 and gunpowder as well as powder for the mining and railroad industires was made. It was the first company to produce smikeless powder on the West Coast. the company was sold to DuPont in 1903.