PINOLE — The intertwined history of Pinole and Hercules and their connections to the crucial and dangerous dynamite industry that helped shape California and world history will be explored at a free ...
The dynamite plant of the Hercules Powder Company suffered a fire and series of explosions on July 14, 1966. The damage to the plant was considerable. Seventy of the buildings at the 1,200-acre plant ...
Railroad Avenue, Hercules: In 1881, the California Powder Works built a town along the shores of the San Pablo Bay. Founded for the purpose of manufacturing dynamite, it became the world's largest ...
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