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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject: History of Black Powder Brands |
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Working on a historical list of different black powder and synthetic brands:
Black Powder
Curtis & Harvey (UK)
Dragon (China)
Dupont (USA)
Elephant (Brazil)
Goex (USA)
KiK (Slovenia)
Lidu (China)
Scheutzen (Germany)
Swiss (Switzerland)
UEE (Spain)
Wano (Germany)
Synthetics
777 (Hodgdon)
American Pioneer ()
Black Canyon ()
Black Mag 3 (Arco)
Clean Shot ()
Clear Shot (Goex)
Golden Powder ()
Pyrodex (Hodgdon) |
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| Curtis & Harvey (UK) |
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Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 10:30 am Post subject: |
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| Meteor - made by Nobel in Ardeer, Scotland |
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Here's a list of companies that made gunpowder (black):
BLASTING CAPS, DYNAMITE, EXPLOSIVES, FUSE, & POWDER COMPANIES
ACADIA POWDER CO. 1862 - 1910
ACME POWDER CO. 1887 - 1897
ADRIONACK POWDER CO. 1887 - 1890
AETNA POWDER CO. 1880 - 1914
AETNA EXPLOSIVES CO. 1913 - 1921
(Aetna Powder Co. 1914)
(F.K. Brewster Inc. 1914)
(Jefferson Powder Co. 1914)
(Keystone National Powder Co. 1914)
(Miami Powder Co. 1914)
(Pluto Powder Co. 1914)
AJAX DYNAMITE WORKS
ALLENTOWN NON-FREEZING POWDER CO. 1903 - 1904
AMERICAN CAP MANUFACTURING CO. 1910 - 1912
AMERICAN CYANAMID & CHEMICAL CO. 1930 - 1960
(Burton Explosives 1945)
AMERICAN DYNAMITE CO. ?
AMERICAN FORCITE POWDER & MANUFACTURING CO. 1883 - 1898
AMERICAN HIGH EXPLOSIVES CO. 1907 - 1917
AMERICAN MANUFACTURING & SUPPLY CO. 1886 - 1899
AMERICAN POWDER CO. 1868 - 1883
AMERICAN SAFETY POWDER CO. 1908 - 1909
AMERICAN WOOD POWDER CO. 1910 - 1914
ANCHOR BRAND 1900 - 1930
ANTHONY POWDER CO. LTD. 1890 - 1907
ANTHRACITE POWDER CO. 1919 - 1924
APACHE POWDER CO. 1921 - 1963
ATLANTIC DYNAMITE CO. 1901 - 1903
ATLANTIC GIANT POWDER CO. 1870 - 1905
ATLAS POWDER CO. 1913 - 1960
(Fort Pitt Powder Co. 1916)
(Giant Powder Co. 1916)
(George R. McAbee Powder & Oil Co. 1922)
(Potts Powder Co. 1913)
ATLAS CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES INC. 1960 - 1980
AUSTIN POWDER CO. 1833 -
BARTLE POWDER CO. ?
BEAUMONT POWDER CO. 1905 - 1905
BLACK DIAMOND POWDER CO. 1912 - 1919
BLUE RIDGE POWDER CO. 1898 - 1899
BRAUN & BLOEM 1880 - 1900
BREWSTER, F. K. INC. 1913 - 1915
BRITISH NOBEL CO. ?
BRITISH EXPLOSIVES SYNDICATE LTD. 1891 - 1920
BURTON EXPLOSIVES INC. 1930 - 1945
BURTON POWDER CO. 1903 - 1920
CALIFORNIA CAP CO. 1880 - 1945
CALIFORNIA FUSE CO. 1864 - 1902
CALIFORNIA POWDER WORKS 1861 - 1906
CALIFORNIA TROJAN POWDER CO. 1912 - 1917
(Pacific High Explosives Co. 1912)
CALIFORNIA VIGORITE POWDER CO. 1879 - 1879
CAMERON POWDER MANUFACTURING CO. 1909 - 1917
CANADA POWDER CO. ?
CANADIAN EXPLOSIVES LTD. 1910 - 1927
(Acadia Powder Co. 1910)
(Hamilton Powder Co. 1910)
(Standard Explosives Ltd. 1910)
(Western Explosives Co. 1910)
CANADIAN GIANT LTD. ?
CANADIAN INDUSTRIES LTD. 1927 - 1976
(Canadian Explosives Ltd. 1927)
(Dominion Cartridge Co. Ltd. 1927)
CERBERITE POWDER MANUFACTURING CO. 1897 - 1900
CHATTANOOGA POWDER CO. 1890 - 1905
CLEVLAND POWDER CO. 1859 - 1865
CLIMAX FUSE CO. 1850 - 1907
CLIMAX POWDER MANUFACTURING CO. 1890 - 1903
CLINTON DYNAMITE CO. 1884 - 1896
COAST MANUFACTURING & SUPPLY CO. 1867 -
COLUMBIA POWDER CO. (Old) 1891 - 1895
COLUMBIA POWDER CO. (New) ?
COLUMBIAN POWDER CO. 1892 - 1898
CONNELL POWDER CO. 1899 - 1910
CONSUMERS POWDER CO. 1872 - 1903
CRESCENT POWDER CO. LTD. 1902 - 1904
CURTIS’S & HARVEY LTD. 1898 - 1918
CURTIS’S & HARVEY CANADA LTD. 1910 - 1917
DITTMAR POWDER & CHEMICAL CO. 1899 - 1912
DOMINION CARTRIDGE CO. LTD. 1886 - 1927
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. 1802 -
(California Powder Works 1906)
(Eastern Dynamite Co. 1903)
(Electric Exploder Co. 1902)
(James Macbeth & Co. 1904)
(Metallic Cap Manufacturing Co. 1908)
(Repauno Chemical Co. 1880)
(H. Julius Smith 1905)
DYNAMIT-ACTIEN-GESELL (DAG) 1876 - 1980
EAGLE 1875 - 1895
EASTERN DYNAMITE CO. 1897 - 1903
(Acme Powder Co. 1897)
(American Forcite Powder Mfg. Co. 1898)
(Clinton Dynamite Co. 1896)
(Hecla Powder Co. 1896)
(Independent Powder Co. of NJ. 1901)
(Mount Wolf Dynamite Co. 1898)
(New York Powder Co. # 2 1896)
(United States Dynamite Co. 1897)
EGESTORFF, GEORGE 1880 - 1900
EGYPTIAN POWDER CO. 1903 -
ELECTRIC EXPLODER CO. 1900 - 1902
ELDRED POWDER CO. 1884 - 1891
EMPIRE POWDER CORPORATION 1916 - 1920
EMPORIUM POWDER MANUFACTURING CO. 1904 - 1909
ENDFIELD POWDER CO. 1849 - 1854
ENTERPRISE POWDER MANUFACTURING CO. 1892 - 1897
EQUITABLE POWDER MANUFACTURING CO. 1892 -
EXCELSIOR POWDER CO. 1880 - 1880
EXCELSIOR POWDER MANUFACTURING CO. 1904 -
FORT PITT POWDER CO. 1911 - 1916
(American Cap Manufacturing Co. 1912)
GENERAL EXPLOSIVES CO. 1916 - 1924
GERMAN DETONATOR CO. 1900 - 1920
GIANT POWDER CO. 1867 - 1892
GIANT POWDER CO. (Consolidated) 1892 - 1916
(Judson Powder Co. 1892)
(Safety Nitro Powder Co. 1892)
GIANT (ATLAS) POWDER CO. 1916 - 1930
GOGEBIC POWDER CO. 1895 - 1902
GORE POWDER LTD. 1951 -
GOVERNMENT STANDARD POWDER CO. 1907 - 1908
GRANITE POWDER CO. 1881 - 1885
GRASSELLI CHEMICAL CO. 1839 - 1928
GRASSELLI POWDER CO. 1917 - 1928
(American High Explosives Co. 1917)
(Burton Powder Co. 1917)
(Cameron Powder Manufacturing Co. 1917)
GREENWOOD POWDER CO. 1892 - 1895
HALAFAX EXPLOSIVES CO. 1937 - 1938
HAMILTON POWDER CO. 1862 - 1910
HANCOCK CHEMICAL CO. 1884 - 1909
HAZARD POWDER CO. 1833 - 1876
HECLA DYNAMITE CO. 1896 - 1905
HECLA POWDER CO. 1877 - 1896
HERCULES POWDER CO. (Old) 1882 - 1903
HERCULES POWDER CO. (New) 1912 - 1955
(Aetna Explosives Co. 1921)
(Independent Powder Co. 1914)
HOME POWDER CO. of CO. ?
HOME POWDER CO. of MO. 1908 - 1916
HOYNESITE POWDER CO. 1920 - 1923
HUDSON RIVER POWDER CO. 1898 - 1901
HYGRADE POWDER CO. ?
ILLINOIS POWDER MANUFACTURING CO. 1907 - 1950
(Gold Medal Brand Dynamite)
ILLINOIS WESTERN CARTRIDGE CO. 1920 - 1950
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES 1926 -
IMPERIAL POWDER CO. 1910 - 1914
INDEPENDENT EXPLOSIVES CO. of PA. ?
INDEPENDENT NON-FREEZING POWDER CO. 1903 -
INDEPENDENT POWDER CO. of IN. 1901 -
INDEPENDENT POWDER CO. (of MO.) 1902 - 1914
INDEPENDENT POWDER CO. of NJ. 1884 - 1901
INDIANNA POWDER CO. 1897 - 1901
JEFFERSON POWDER CO. 1905 - 1914
JOPLIN POWDER CO. 1903 - 1905
JOVEITE POWDER CO. 1904 - 1899
JUDSON DYNAMITE & POWDER CO. 1890 - 1905
JUDSON POWDER CO. 1873 - 1892
KEYSTONE NATIONAL POWDER CO. 1909 - 1914
KEYSTONE POWDER MANUFACTURING CO. 1900 - 1909
KING POWDER CO. 1878 - 1958
KING’S GREAT WESTERN POWDER CO. 1878 - 1889
LAFLIN POWDER CO. 1866 - 1869
LAFLIN POWDER MANUFACTURING CO. 1873 -
LAFLIN & RAND POWDER CO. 1869 - 1908
LAKE SUPERIOR POWDER CO. 1868 - 1905
LIBERTY POWDER CO. ?
LIZARD CREEK DYNAMITE CO. 1894 - 1894
LOCUST MOUNTAIN POWDER & DYNAMITE CO. 1905 - 1914
LONG POWDER & SUPPLY CO. - 1920
LOOMIS, DENSLOW & CO. 1835 -
LUZERNE POWDER CO. 1866 - 1875
MACBETH, JAMES & CO. 1888 - 1904
MAHANOY POWDER CO. 1892 - 1905
MAHONING POWDER CO. 1900 - 1907
MARCELLUS POWDER CO. 1881 - 1886
MARQUETTE NITROGLYCERINE CO. 1868 -
MASSACHUSETTS POWDER WORKS 1863 - 1868
MASURITE EXPLOSIVES CO. 1902 - 1911
MAXIM POWDER & TORPEDO CO. 1890 - 1896
GEORGE R. McABEE POWDER & OIL CO. 1904 - 1922
(Crescent Powder Co. Ltd. 1904)
METALLIC CAP MANUFACTURING CO. 1879 - 1945
METROPOLITAN FUSE CO. 1898 - 1902
METROPOLITAN POWDER CO. 1900 - 1904
MIAMI POWDER CO. 1902 - 1914
MILLER J. S. POWDER CO. 1887 - 1912
MISSOURI SUPPLY CO. 1897 - 1899
MONGUAGON POWDER CO. 1908 - 1912
MONONGAHELA POWDER CO. 1908 -
MONTECATINI 1920 - 1960
MOOSIC POWDER CO. 1865 -
MOUNT WOLF DYNAMITE CO. 1896 - 1898
NATIONAL EXPLOSIVES CO. 1922 -
NATIONAL FUSE & POWDER CO. 1894 -
NATIONAL POWDER CO. 1887 - 1893
NEPTUNE POWDER WORKS ?
NEW YORK POWDER CO. # 1 1881 - 1883
NEW YORK POWDER CO. # 2 1891 - 1897
(Red Star Brand Dynamite)
NEW YORK POWDER WORKS ?
NITRO-GLYCERINE CO. ?
NITRO POWDER CO. 1896 - 1925
ALFRED NOBEL & CO. 1865 - 1876
NOBEL’S EXPLOSIVES CO. LTD. 1871 - 1918
(British Dynamite Co. 1871)
NOBEL’S INDUSTRIES LTD. 1916 - 1926
NORTHERN EXPLOSIVES LTD. 1907 - 1917
NORTHERN GIANT EXPLOSIVES LTD. 1922 -
NORTHWESTERN POWDER CO. 1901 - 1902
NUREMBURG POWDER CO. 1903 - 1919
O. K. DYNAMITE CO. 1895 - 1896
OHIO POWDER CO. 1881 -
OLIN MATHESON CHEMICAL CORPORATION 1955 - 1963
OLIN INDUSTRIES INC. 1946 - 1954
(Columbia Powder Co. ?)
(Equitable Powder Manufacturing Co. ?)
(Liberty Powder Co. ?)
(Western Cartridge Co. 1954)
OLIVER POWDER CO. 1868 - 1903
OLYMPIC POWDER CO. 1912 -
ONTARIO POWDER CO. ?
ORIENTAL POWDER CO. - 1872
ORIENTAL POWDER CO. of ME. 1862 - 1865
ORIENTAL POWDER CO. of PA. 1900 -
PACIFIC HIGH EXPLOSIVES CO. 1906 - 1912
PACIFIC POWDER CO. ?
PEERLESS EXPLOSIVES CO. 1923 - 1930
(J. S. Miller Powder Co. 1922)
PEERLESS-UNION EXPLOSIVES CO. 1930 - 1950
(Peerless Explosives Co. 1930)
(Union Explosives Co. 1930)
PENINSULA POWDER CO. 1891 - 1893
PENNSYLVANIA POWDER CO. 1921 - 1920
PENNSYLVANIA POWDER, DYNAMITE, & FUSE CO. 1904 - 1907
PENNSYLVANIA TROJAN POWDER CO. 1904 - 1917
(Allentown Non Freezing Powder Co. 1904)
PITTSBURG FUSE CO. 1900 -
PHOENIX POWDER & MANUFACTURING CO. 1888 - 1906
PLUTO POWDER CO. 1905 - 1914
POTTS POWDER CO. 1906 - 1913
PUGIT SOUND & ALASKA POWDER CO. 1912 -
RAND POWDER CO. 1900 - 1914
RENDROCK POWDER CO. 1873 -
REPAUNO CHEMICAL CO. 1880 - 1903
REYNOLDS CHEMICAL WORKS 1875 -
RHENISH WESTPHALIAN POWDER CO. 1886 - 1900
ROBERTS' POWDER CO. ? 1909 ?
ROBIN HOOD POWDER CO. 1896 - 1906
ROCKBURST POWDER CO. 1924 -
SAFETY NITRO POWDER CO. 1880 - 1892
SCHAGHTICOKE POWDER CO. 1858 - 1906
SCHULTZE POWDER CO. LTD. 1897 - 1901
SELLIER & BELLOT 1825 - 1890
SENIOR POWDER CO. 1904 -
SHAMOKIN POWDER CO. 1887 -1921
SHENADOAH POWDER CO. - 1902
SILESIAN DETONATOR & MANUFACTURING WORKS LTD. 1870 - 1900
SINNAMAHONING POWDER MANUFACTURING CO. 1905 - 1909
SMITH, H. JULIUS ELECTRIC FUSE CO. - 1905
SMITH & RAND POWDER CO. 1864 - 1869
SOCIETA ITALIANA PR. ESPLODENTI 1920 - 1980
SOUTH AMERICAN EXPLOSIVES CO. LTD. 1923 - 1940
SOUTHERN POWDER CO. 1894 - 1895
STANDARD DYNAMITE CO. 1889 - 1890
STANDARD EXPLOSIVES CO. LTD. 1886 - 1910
STANDARD POWDER CO. 1903 - 1922
STAR ELECTRIC FUZE WORKS ?1904? - 1917
STERLING DYNAMITE CO. 1890 - 1904
SYCAMORE POWDER CO. ?
TENNESSEE POWDER CO. 1907 - 1910
THUNDER POWDER CO. 1881 -
TITMAN POWDER CO. ?
TOMHICKEN POWDER CO. - 1903
TONITE POWDER CO. 1880 - 1885
TRITON CHEMICAL CORPORATION ?
TRIUMPH FUSEE AND FIREWORKS CO. INC. 1933 - 1938
(Victory Fireworks and Specialty Co. 1933)
TRIUMPH EXPLOSIVES CO. 1938 - 1945
(Triumph Fusee and Fireworks Co. Inc. 1938)
TROJAN CHEMICAL CO. 1915 - 1917
TROJAN POWDER CO. 1917 - 1945
(California Trojan Powder Co. 1917)
(Trojan Chemical Co. 1917)
U. S. STANDARD 1910 - 1940
UNITED STATES BLASTING OIL CO. 1866 - 1873
UNITED STATES DYNAMITE & CHEMICAL CO. 1887 - 1897
UNITED STATES POWDER CO. 1902 -
UNION CAP & CHEMICAL CO. 1903 - 1920
UNION CAP & FUSE CO. 1910 - 1940
UNION EXPLOSIVES CO. 1920 - 1930
(Empire Powder Co. 1920)
(Long Powder & Supply Co. 1920)
(Pennsylvania Powder Co. 1920)
UTAH POWDER CO. ?
VICTORY FIREWORKS AND SPECIALTY CO. 1919 - 1933
VIGORITE POWDER CO. 1877 - 1879
VOLUNTEER EXPLOSIVES CO. ?
VULCAN DYNAMITE CO. of PA. 1883 - 1884
VULCAN POWDER CO. 1879 - 1902
WARREN POWDER CO. 1881 - 1882
WELDY DYNAMITE CO. 1903 - 1904
WELDY, H. A. POWDER CO. 1890 - 1903
WEST COAST POWDER CO. ?
WESTERN CARTRIDGE CO. 1898 - 1954
WESTERN EXPLOSIVES CO. 1908 - 1910
WESTERN FUSE & EXPLOSIVES CO. 1888 - 1902
WESTERN POWDER CO. 1908 -
WINDSOR POWDER CO. 1965 - 1884 _________________ Regards John |
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Kirkland Site Admin


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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 6:48 am Post subject: |
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WOW! John-Boy, I never realized that there were that many. Did DuPont put all of them out of business? _________________
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Did DuPont put all of them out of business? |
Jim - I'm sure a goodly lion's share! Only sure way to determine how many would be to read the DuPont corporate archive papers at the Hagley Museum in Deleware.
Do know, that when the Federal Gov't cited DuPont for Restraint of Trade in the late '1960's ... Dupont's last dying swan act for black gunpowder was the deal they made with Nobel in the early 70's:
Nobel (made?) Meteor at their Ardeer, Scotland facility. Packaged it in orange cans under the name of Meteor ("Made in Great Britain") - with Canadian Limited Industries (CLI) also on the can. Now, here's the kicker: CLI used an address as Plattsburgh, NY which also was where DuPont had an office. Then the Dupont salesmen peddled the Meteor powder!
I believe that the Meteor powder was the last of the Curtis & Harvey powder. C&H stopped making gunpowder at Ardeer when Nobel bought the facility in 69 or 70. The Meteor cans have a 1973 lot date on them
I lucked out one day at a CAS match and bought 69#'s of Meteor from a spectator that 'twisted my arm at 4 bucks a can' The powder is excellent (fps and SD's) and will run Postell's and PJ Creedmoors to 1000yds with accuracy. Even 570gr PP bullets _________________ Regards John |
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:10 pm Post subject: Gunpowder |
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| Yesterday, I found an old rusty can, which looks to me like a gunpowder can. The best I can make out, it says "tempico" on the top / bottom. One end is open with a side handle with a release mechanism attached. Was there such a brand? It was found near Grants Pass, Oragon. |
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Tempico? Never heard of that one. _________________
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What is the cross (usually on back on trucks) that has an anchor, fish, and antlers? I've seen it a few times on the back of trucks. The anchor is usually the bottom of the figure, with anters and fish, making it look like a cross. Does anyone know what it's called?
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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 12:09 am Post subject: Can I get rid of a Trojan |
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Can I get rid of a Trojan on my computer by reformatting the hard drive?
I have a Trojan on my computer, and lots of spyware and adware, but no viruses. I have been unable to remove them using McAffee Security Center with Virus Scan, and do not want to spend any more money on Anti-virus software. I don't have any pertinent files that aren't backed up already, so will doing a restore off of the factory CDs (it's an eMachine) remove all of the problems that I need to get rid of? Any other suggestions that I might be able to try are also welcome. Thanks!
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Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:38 am Post subject: timeline update for western fuse & explosives company |
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| actually WF & E co. was still in business til approx. 1908 when it merged with 3 other companies and was then bought by Ensign-Bickford ( reference court cases Ca. Appellate Court 1904-1908 ) |
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