When Santa Cruz was "Boom" Town
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Dunn, Geoffrey
Santa Cruz Magazine, v3n1, p59-60.
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2008-Winter/Spring
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Workers at the California Powder Works
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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.
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Disassembled wheel house at California Powder Works
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Six men standing beside a disassembled wheel house at the California Powder Works, at Powder Mill Flats.
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Foundry, charcoal burner, and village at California Powder Works
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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
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Santa Cruz County. p. 26-27.
Date on back of photo: 1905
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Three buildings at the California Powder Works
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Three buildings at the California Powder Works: the original packing house, built in 1862
the storehouse for brown and later smokeless powder, built in 1895
and the packing house for brown and later smokeless powder, built also in 1895; at Powder Mill Flats.
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Magazine No. 3, Building No. 174, at the California Powder Works
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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.
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Guncotton building, number 107, at California Powder Works
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Partly dismantled guncotton building, number 107, at the California Powder Works; at Powder Mill Flats.
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Al Forester and another man beside an 8-inch shell, Paradise Park
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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.
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View over the California Powder Works
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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.
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Pack House crew at California Powder Works
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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.
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