Site of Giant Powder Company
SITE OF GIANT POWDER COMPANY
PT. PINOLE IS THE LAST SITE OF THE GIANT POWDER COMPANY,
THE FIRST COMPANY IN AMERICA TO PRODUCE DYNAMITE.
FOLLOWING DEVASTATING EXPLOSIONS AT THEIR SAN FRANCISCO
AND BERKELEY SITES, THE BUSINESS MOVED TO THIS ISOLATED
LOCATION IN 1892. INCORPORATING THE ESTABLISHED CROATIAN
COMMUNITY OF SOBRANTE, THE COMPANY TOWN OF GIANT
QUICKLY GREW INTO ONE OF THE NORTH BAY'S INDUSTRIAL
CENTERS. EXPLOSIVES WERE PRODUCED HERE UNTIL 1960 AND
WERE ESSENTIAL TO MINING, DAM AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
CALIFORNIA REGISTERED HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO. 1002-1
PLAQUE PLACED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
IN COOPERATION WITH THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.
NOVEMBER 18, 1992
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