Hagley Museum near Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
du Pont Powder Mills
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 10, 2024
1. du Pont Powder Mills Marker
Inscription.
du Pont Powder Mills. . Located at this site on land purchased by French immigrant Elueuthere Irenee du Pont in 1802, the du Pont Powder Mills manufactured black powder at three sites along the Brandywine Creek north of Wilmington. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company manufactured powder throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, becoming a leading supplier of propellants and explosives in the United States and throughout the world. Demand for black powder began to decline, and in 1921 DuPont closed their original gunpowder mill on the Brandywine, shifting focus to the production of chemicals and consumer products produced at other plants in Delaware and across the United States.
Located at this site on land purchased by French immigrant Elueuthere Irenee du Pont in 1802, the du Pont Powder Mills manufactured black powder at three sites along the Brandywine Creek north of Wilmington. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company manufactured powder throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, becoming a leading supplier of propellants and explosives in the United States and throughout the world. Demand for black powder began to decline, and in 1921 DuPont closed their original gunpowder mill on the Brandywine, shifting focus to the production of chemicals and consumer products produced at other plants in Delaware and across the United States.
Erected 2022 by Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number NCC-60.)
Location. 39° 46.398′ N, 75° 34.729′ W. Marker is near Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is in Hagley Museum. It is at the
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intersection of Hagley Creek Road and Stone Block Row, on the left when traveling north on Hagley Creek Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 200 Hagley Creek Rd, Wilmington DE 19807, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic and on the Delmarva Peninsula. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 10, 2024
2. du Pont Powder Mills Marker
of all markers in Wilmington.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 11, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 11, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 623 times since then and 59 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on February 11, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
