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A little Massachusetts history from a local publication:
American Powder Mills label from a wooden keg or tin can of black powder. Courtesy of Maynard Historical Society
Gunpowder Mills on Powder Mill Road
By David Mark Posted Jan. 22, 2014 @ 1:09 pm Maynard, Mass.
There was a 105-year history of gunpowder manufacture in this area. A 1921 history of Maynard noted that many local men found employment in the American Powder Mills, adding, "...occasional explosions, sometimes serious, do no permit us to ignore their [APM's] existence." A newspaper account of an explosion on March 12, 1878 described widely scattered body parts of two workers being gathered in pails, including a detached finger with a gold ring. The location of this spread-out complex was along what is now Route 62, encompassing parts of Maynard, Acton, Concord and Sudbury, on north and south sides of the Assabet River.
Read more at:
http://www.maynardlifeoutdoors.com/
American Powder Mills label from a wooden keg or tin can of black powder. Courtesy of Maynard Historical Society
Gunpowder Mills on Powder Mill Road
By David Mark Posted Jan. 22, 2014 @ 1:09 pm Maynard, Mass.
There was a 105-year history of gunpowder manufacture in this area. A 1921 history of Maynard noted that many local men found employment in the American Powder Mills, adding, "...occasional explosions, sometimes serious, do no permit us to ignore their [APM's] existence." A newspaper account of an explosion on March 12, 1878 described widely scattered body parts of two workers being gathered in pails, including a detached finger with a gold ring. The location of this spread-out complex was along what is now Route 62, encompassing parts of Maynard, Acton, Concord and Sudbury, on north and south sides of the Assabet River.
Read more at:
http://www.maynardlifeoutdoors.com/
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