DuPont Powder Works

Photo: Unofficial Net Collection.

Photo: Unofficial.Net (1/2007).

The postcard image on the left is the "Office of the DuPont Powder Works" (about 1910). The building exists today with the exterior mostly intact except for it's connection to the factory structure on the right. The court yard area is now paved and fenced in. This is now the Poly Molding Corp. on 4th Avenue.

Photo courtesy of the Hagley Museum and Library.

The Main Office staff, January, 1918.

For more historical data regarding the DuPont Powder Works and its predecessors, click here.

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Photo courtesy of anonymous donor.

Postcard image describing the "Entrance to DuPont Plant" (about 1910), now Fifth Ave., Haskell.

Photo: Unofficial.Net Collection.

Photo: Unofficial.Net (12/2006).

Postcard image (left) describing the "DuPont Club House" (about 1910), now part of Arrow Group Industries, Third Ave., Haskell.

At it's height, about 1914, the DuPont plant employed thousands of men and women. Homes were built, and many were housed local hotels, barracks and women's dormitories. Some of the homes built can be seen on the Haskell pages.

Photo: Unofficial.Net Collection.

Photo: Unofficial.Net Collection.

These postcard images describes the buildings as Boarding Houses No. 1 and No. 2. The Wanaque Jubilee booklet of 1968 describes this scene as the "Haskell DuPont Plant, 1917. Boarding House, Barns and Main Entrance Gate House. Location of Wanaque Bank" (Fourth and Ringwood Avenues). Boarding House No. 2 can be seen on the left side of the above Club House photo. The boarding houses are long gone.

Photo: Unofficial.Net Collection.

Postcard image of the remains of one of a number of explosions at the plant. This one is dated October 31, 1911. Exact location of this structure is unknown.

Photo: Unofficial.Net Collection.

Postcard image of the plant looking west across the Wanaque River and the northern part of what was Lake Inez. Interstate 287 now crosses the valley at this location. This card is post marked June, 1907.

Photo: Courtesy of the Thomas J. Luddy Collection.

Postcard image "view of lower end powder works,blending house." A bit further south along the west side of Lake Inez.

The DuPont Property Today

Extending along the Wanaque River from the Town Back Beach recreation area, down and under Route 287 and further south all the way to Pompton Lakes are what remains of the DuPont Powder Works.

To the right is what is left of a bridge that crossed the Wanaque River.

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Photo: Unofficial.Net (5/2007).

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Photo: Unofficial Net Collection.	Photo: Unofficial.Net (1/2007).
The postcard image on the left is the "Office of the DuPont Powder Works" (about 1910). The building exists today with the exterior mostly intact except for it's connection to the factory structure on the right. The court yard area is now paved and fenced in. This is now the Poly Molding Corp. on 4th Avenue. Photo courtesy of the Hagley Museum and Library. The Main Office staff, January, 1918. For more historical data regarding the DuPont Powder Works and its predecessors, click here. < Photo courtesy of anonymous donor.
Postcard image describing the "Entrance to DuPont Plant" (about 1910), now Fifth Ave., Haskell.
Photo: Unofficial.Net Collection.	Photo: Unofficial.Net (12/2006).
Postcard image (left) describing the "DuPont Club House" (about 1910), now part of Arrow Group Industries, Third Ave., Haskell.
At it's height, about 1914, the DuPont plant employed thousands of men and women. Homes were built, and many were housed local hotels, barracks and women's dormitories. Some of the homes built can be seen on the Haskell pages.
Photo: Unofficial.Net Collection.	Photo: Unofficial.Net Collection.
These postcard images describes the buildings as Boarding Houses No. 1 and No. 2. The Wanaque Jubilee booklet of 1968 describes this scene as the "Haskell DuPont Plant, 1917. Boarding House, Barns and Main Entrance Gate House. Location of Wanaque Bank" (Fourth and Ringwood Avenues). Boarding House No. 2 can be seen on the left side of the above Club House photo. The boarding houses are long gone.
Photo: Unofficial.Net Collection. Postcard image of the remains of one of a number of explosions at the plant. This one is dated October 31, 1911. Exact location of this structure is unknown.
Photo: Unofficial.Net Collection. Postcard image of the plant looking west across the Wanaque River and the northern part of what was Lake Inez. Interstate 287 now crosses the valley at this location. This card is post marked June, 1907.
Photo: Courtesy of the Thomas J. Luddy Collection. Postcard image "view of lower end powder works,blending house." A bit further south along the west side of Lake Inez.