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All TNT production lines at Hercules Works are running.
TNT lines producing a total of 7,000,000 pounds a month, making it the largest TNT plant in America.
"These additional facilities required the erection of enormous acid plants and an entirely new system for the supply of water."
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Makers of Explosives
Other California Makers
Baum & Hardly operate a black powder mill in Stege
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California Powder Works
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California Powder Works undertakes manufacture of cocoa or brown prismatic powder for US Government
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