The Enfield Historical Society
A postcard showing an exploded rolling mill. Note the undamaged building frame - even though 8 ton iron wheels lay in a jumble inside! In 1872, just prior to du Pont's purchase of the Hazard Powder Company, du Pont, the Hazard Powder Company, and Laflin and Rand formed the "Gunpowder Trade Association of the United States" to restore health to ...