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Du Pont Historical Museum

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In 1906, the DuPont Company bought the nearly five acres of land on which the Hudson's Bay Company had built Fort Nisqually. DuPont built an explosives plant on the site. Permanent housing for employees was started in 1909 and a "company town" was constructed. The building that houses the DuPont Museum ws formerly the butcher shop and later became the town's city hall. The museum was opened in 1977.

The museum will fascinate the visitor with its many books, records, and artifacts from the DuPont Company era, including such items as wooden shovels (spark proof) used at the plant, the machine that packed powder into dynamite sticks, and a display of how dynamite was manufactured.

The museum is open on Sunday from 1 to 4. Admission is free.

This is just one of the many Historical Museums located throughout Washington.

Location: PO Box 173, 207 Barksdale Avenue, Dupont Washington 98327 Telephone 253-964-2399

Other History nearby:
(Olympia) Bigelow House Museum and Neighborhood
(Black Diamond) Black Diamond Historical Museum
(Bremerton) Bremerton Naval Museum
(Buckley) Buckley Foothills Historical Society Mus
(Tacoma) Camp Six Logging Museum
(Chehalis) Chehalis Downtown Historic District

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