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  • Subject is exactly "California Powder Works"

Date: 1893-03-11
Source: Santa Cruz Daily Surf 1893-03-11: page 5 column 1
Type: NEWS

Date: 1898-05-02
Source: Santa Cruz Daily Surf 1898-05-02: page 4 column 1
Type: NEWS

Date: 1894-06-14
Source: Santa Cruz Daily Surf 1894-06-14: page 3 column 2
Type: NEWS

Date: 1898-10-22
Source: Santa Cruz Daily Surf 1898-10-22: page 4 column 2
Type: NEWS

Date: 1866-07-07
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel 1866-07-07: page 2 column 2
Type: NEWS

Date: 1899-11-03
Source: Santa Cruz Daily Surf 1899-11-03: page 4 column 4
Type: NEWS

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The foundry, charcoal burner, and village for the workers at the California Powder Works. The Powder Works employed 150 to 275 workers. From 1864 to 1914, it was the main industry in Santa Cruz; at Powder Mill Flats

Date: 1905
Source: Donated by Brian and Ollie Hoefer.
There is also a version of this photo at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History.
Type: PHOTO

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The front view of the Peyton mansion, built by the California Powder Works in 1875 for Colonel Bernard Peyton, the superintendent of the CPW; above Powder Mill Flats.

Date: ca. 1890's
Type: PHOTO

Date: 1897-10-16
Source: Santa Cruz Daily Surf 1897-10-16: page 1 column 1
Type: NEWS

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Guns tested gun powder manufactured at the California Powder Works. The gun on the right fired an eight-inch diameter shell.

Date: 1904
Source: Photo courtesy of Brian Hoefer.
Type: PHOTO

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