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.





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The above photo of the 1918 Office staff was provided through the courtesy of the Hagley Museum and Library.

Hagley Museum and Library collects, preserves, and interprets the unfolding history of American enterprise. Hagley’s collections document the interaction between business and the cultural, social, and political dimensions of our society from the late 18th century to the present.

Located on 235 acres along the banks of the Brandywine River in Wilmington, Delaware, Hagley is the site of the gunpowder works founded by E. I. du Pont in 1802. It is an example of early American industry including restored mills, a workers' community, and the ancestral home and gardens of the du Pont family.

Hagley's library furthers the study of business and technology in America. The collections include individuals' papers and companies' records ranging from eighteenth-century merchants to modern telecommunications and illustrate the impact of the business system on society.

The Hagley library has allowed this site the use of approximately 200 photos of the Haskell plant. These include views of the plant, it's assorted manufacturing and storage structures, as well as repair and maintenance facilities, housing and infrastructure. These photos reveal the development of what is now the better part of the haskell section of Wanaque.

You are invited to visit the Hagley Museum and Library website at http://www.hagley.lib.de.us.



For more photos of the Haskell DuPont Powder Works from the collection of the Hagley Museum and Library, click here





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: Mike Holleran Collection.

Early 1900's photo of the plant superintendent's residence (exact location not known as of yet).





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 Mike Holleran Collection.

Another postcard image of thew DuPont Works with a distant view of Haskell in the center of the photo.




Photo: Mike Holleran Collection.



Photo: Mike Holleran Collection.

Two views of the lower end of the Powder Works.







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.

For additional photos, click here.


Photo: Unofficial.Net (5/2007).


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