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To: nickcarraway

Thanks. I did a boiler tune-up at the old Hercules Powder Company around 1974, just before the plant closed. It was an archaic place then and still largely a company town. I haven’t been back to Hercules since.

Sounds like a good hike on the Bay.


4 posted on 04/21/2022 11:21:46 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Liberty is an antecedent of government, not a benefit from government” ~ Clarence Thomas)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

My eldest brother worked as a security guard at Hercules in the 50s, after he came back from the Korea War, until he could find a better job.
Mom & his fiancée were nervous wrecks during his time there.


7 posted on 04/21/2022 12:24:30 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!)
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