Nemours, West Virginia 
Nemours, West Virginia
( 1904 )
| This southern West
Virginia community has a story to tell. From 1904 to 1950 workers
of the E.I. DuPont Nemours Company facility in Mercer County
produced untold tons of black powder explosives. The plant was
situated in the very shadow of the massive sandstone outcropping,
known as Pinnacle Rock. Nemours is located on the banks of the
Bluestone River, just a few miles from the town of Bramwell. With
the exception of a few out-buildings, the wheel mills are the
only remnants of the once massive complex. This town is a feature
article in the "Wonderful" West Virginia magazine by
Bill Archer for the month of May 1999.
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