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Trojan-US Powder
The Trojan Powder Company was an American manufacturer of explosives founded in 1904 that made nitro-starch powder. It had a manufacturing complex in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and another facility at Roberts Landing, California, Roberts Landing near San Lorenzo, California. The company thrived during World War I (1914–18), continued research and development in the interwar-period, and during World War II operated a large facility in Sandusky, Ohio, under contract to the army. After the war, production scaled back. A facility in Oregon was sold for use by the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant. In 1967, Trojan Powders became a division of Commercial Solvents Corporation (CSC). It was later acquired by the Ensign-Bickford Company. History Chemists F.B. Holmes and Jesse B. Bronstein discovered how to produce a stable nitrostarch while working at DuPont (1802–2017), DuPont's Eastern Laboratories. Between 1905 and 1908, Holmes obtained various patents related to stabilization of nitrosta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulsboro, New Jersey
Paulsboro is a Borough (New Jersey), borough situated on the banks of the Delaware River in Gloucester County, New Jersey, Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, within the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,196, an increase of 99 (+1.6%) from the 6,097 recorded at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census, which in turn had reflected a decline of 63 (−1.0%) from the 6,160 counted in the 2000 United States census, 2000 census. Paulsboro and surrounding Gloucester County constitute part of South Jersey. Paulsboro was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 2, 1904, from portions of Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, Greenwich Township.Snyder, John P''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 140. Accessed May 30, 2024. It was named for Samuel Phillip Paul, son of a settler. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
