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keytarin t1_j9r2dxs wrote on February 23, 2023 at 11:18 PM

Reply to comment by Puppyl in Why is there so much manufacturing in Central CT? by solomonsalinger

Forget where I saw the anecdote so I'm not able to confirm this fact, but I believe it was something like 40% of the total amount of gunpowder used by the Union army in the Civil War was produced at the Hazard Powder Mills up in Enfield.