Belle Works Marker

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Belle in Kanawha County, West Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Belle Works

By Forest McDermott, May 27, 2008

1. Belle Works Marker

Inscription. At this site, April 1926, E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. produced first successful, commercially synthesized ammonia from air and water. This initiated a progression of synthetic products: methyl alcohol, antifreeze, nitrates for explosives and fertilizer, plastic, rubber and nylon. Using high pressure synthesis with coal, water and air, this chemical invention was vital to U.S. victory in World War II.

Erected 2004 by E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. - West Virginia Division of Archives and History.

Location. 38° 14.653′ N, 81° 33.232′ W. Marker is in Belle, West Virginia, in Kanawha County. Marker is on West DuPont Avenue (County Route 60/12), on the right when traveling east. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Belle WV 25015, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. The Necessary Ingredient (approx. 3.8 miles away); Coalburg (approx. 5.8 miles away); Daniel Boone (approx. 6.2 miles away); a different marker also named Daniel Boone (approx. 6.2 miles away); Charleston 's Civil War Sites (approx. 6.3 miles away); Craik-Patton House (approx. 6.3 miles away); Thomas J. Jackson (approx. 7 miles away); State Capitol (approx. 7.1 miles away).

By Forest McDermott, May 27, 2008

2. Belle Works Marker

Marker located in front of the Belle Works

Credits. This page originally submitted on December 13, 2011, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 94 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 13, 2011, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.