DuPont Company Dynamite Production and Cleanup
- Date Range
- 1906 – 1971
- Title
- DuPont Company Dynamite Production and Cleanup
- What occurred
- In 1906, the DuPont Company founded the town of Louviers in Douglas County, solely to manufacture dynamite. During the 1940s, production significantly went up due to the war efforts and they were producing millions of dynamite each month. When plant closed in 1971, it took the company 20 years to fully clean up the site, because they had to ensure everything was properly removed, as to prevent any damage onto the environment.
- Location
- Louviers, Douglas County, CO
- Image Citation
- https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Louviers-1-X-12167.jpg?itok=9Wac7CoP
- Student name(s)
- Fernanda Arevalo