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Date: 2008-Winter/Spring
Source: Santa Cruz Magazine, v3n1, p59-60.
Type: ARTICLE

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Two workers standing beside a building at the California Powder Works. The Powder Works was located adjacent to the San Lorenzo River, three miles north of the Bay, at Powder Mill Flats.

Date: Undated
Type: PHOTO

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Six men standing beside a disassembled wheel house at the California Powder Works, at Powder Mill Flats.

Date: 1914
Type: PHOTO

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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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Three buildings at the California Powder Works: the original packing house, built in 1862

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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Magazine No. 3, Building No. 174, at the California Powder Works, had a capacity of 15,000 kegs; at Powder Mill Flats.

Date: 1913-04-01
Type: PHOTO

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Partly dismantled guncotton building, number 107, at the California Powder Works; at Powder Mill Flats.

Date: 1913-04-01
Type: PHOTO

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Al Forester and younger man, sitting beside 8-inch shell, weighing around 500 pounds. It was found in the San Lorenzo River, at Paradise Park. Until 1924, the Paradise Park area was called Powder Mill Flats, the site of the California Powder Works.

Date: 1943
Type: PHOTO

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View over the California Powder Works. The homes on the hill above the Powder Works, belonged to Colonel Bernard Peyton, the superintendent, and his son, William C. Peyton; at Powder Mill Flats.

Date: ca. 1890's
Type: PHOTO

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Pack House crew at the California Powder Works: Jack Villa, George Wennett, Gorden Tait, A. Forester, Jack Lynch, Mike Curry; at Powder Mill Flats.

Date: 1901
Type: PHOTO

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