Colonel Hazard LbNA #11477 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Susan  |
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| Plant date: | Oct 9, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Enfield |
| County: | Hartford |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Carebear1 |
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| Last found: | Jul 28, 2010 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFaFaaaar |
| Last edited: | Oct 9, 2004 |
Clues were updated 7/4/09 after doing routine box maintenance.
In 1843 the Hazard Powder Company was incorporated with Colonel Augustus Hazard as principal owner. The company manufactured gunpowder by mixing ground water, sulfur, charcoal and saltpeter, then grinding this mix using heavy vertical roller wheels through a circular bed trough. The mix had to be wet or the grinding would cause it to explode. The wet powder was pressed hydraulically into blocks. The blocks were then cracked or “corned” with zinc rollers to a coarse powder which was screened to obtain different size grains for different uses. Grain sizes could range from fine powder for small arms to softball size chunks for large cannons.
Colonel Hazard’s business was booming with the 1846 war with Mexico, the 1849 California gold rush, and the 1854 Crimean War all bringing in huge orders for gunpowder.
During this period, the village at the west end of Enfield was named Hazardville after Colonel Hazard by popular vote of the residents.
The gunpowder business in Hazardville was a million dollar business by the outbreak of the Civil War. Wartime capacity in Hazardville reached 12,500 pounds per day.
Today little remains of the Hazardville gunpowder industry besides a few old stone foundations and blast walls. Some artifacts, along with photos and the story of the Hazardville gunpowder industry, are preserved by the Enfield Historical Society and can be viewed at the Old Town Hall Museum on Route 5.
Directions – I-91 North to Exit 47E. Proceed through the stoplight merging onto Route 190 (Hazard Avenue). Total distance is 3.0 miles from the exit.
Go straight on Hazard Avenue 2.4 miles. Turn right onto South Maple Street. Go down the hill and take a right into Powder Hollow Park on Dusthouse Road. If you cross the one-lane bridge you’ve gone too far.
Go .2 miles on Dusthouse Road. Park in a little pulloff to the right of the sign that says "Motor Vehicles prohibited." Walk up the small paved road. Stop at the small dirt pullover on the right about halfway up the hill.
Walk 35 steps further up the paved road. Look right to find a large oak tree with exposed roots. (Directly across the paved road from the tree with the exposed roots is a path going down to the baseball field.) You’ll find Colonel Hazard hiding in the roots of this oak tree under some bark. Please rehide him carefully when done.
NOTE: For a great treat of homemade ice cream (normally May through November), take a right off of Dusthouse Road onto South Maple Street. Follow this road over the one-lane Scantic River bridge, winding through Powder Hollow. At the top of the hill on the right is Collins Creamery.
In 1843 the Hazard Powder Company was incorporated with Colonel Augustus Hazard as principal owner. The company manufactured gunpowder by mixing ground water, sulfur, charcoal and saltpeter, then grinding this mix using heavy vertical roller wheels through a circular bed trough. The mix had to be wet or the grinding would cause it to explode. The wet powder was pressed hydraulically into blocks. The blocks were then cracked or “corned” with zinc rollers to a coarse powder which was screened to obtain different size grains for different uses. Grain sizes could range from fine powder for small arms to softball size chunks for large cannons.
Colonel Hazard’s business was booming with the 1846 war with Mexico, the 1849 California gold rush, and the 1854 Crimean War all bringing in huge orders for gunpowder.
During this period, the village at the west end of Enfield was named Hazardville after Colonel Hazard by popular vote of the residents.
The gunpowder business in Hazardville was a million dollar business by the outbreak of the Civil War. Wartime capacity in Hazardville reached 12,500 pounds per day.
Today little remains of the Hazardville gunpowder industry besides a few old stone foundations and blast walls. Some artifacts, along with photos and the story of the Hazardville gunpowder industry, are preserved by the Enfield Historical Society and can be viewed at the Old Town Hall Museum on Route 5.
Directions – I-91 North to Exit 47E. Proceed through the stoplight merging onto Route 190 (Hazard Avenue). Total distance is 3.0 miles from the exit.
Go straight on Hazard Avenue 2.4 miles. Turn right onto South Maple Street. Go down the hill and take a right into Powder Hollow Park on Dusthouse Road. If you cross the one-lane bridge you’ve gone too far.
Go .2 miles on Dusthouse Road. Park in a little pulloff to the right of the sign that says "Motor Vehicles prohibited." Walk up the small paved road. Stop at the small dirt pullover on the right about halfway up the hill.
Walk 35 steps further up the paved road. Look right to find a large oak tree with exposed roots. (Directly across the paved road from the tree with the exposed roots is a path going down to the baseball field.) You’ll find Colonel Hazard hiding in the roots of this oak tree under some bark. Please rehide him carefully when done.
NOTE: For a great treat of homemade ice cream (normally May through November), take a right off of Dusthouse Road onto South Maple Street. Follow this road over the one-lane Scantic River bridge, winding through Powder Hollow. At the top of the hill on the right is Collins Creamery.