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 Powder Keg Harley-Davidson got its name from the Peters Cartridge Company that was founded along the banks of the Little Miami River near Kings Mills. It began operations prior to 1900.
During the years that Peterss Cartridge was in business, there were several generations of buildings. Some of the previous buildings were mostly temporary wooden structures. Some concrete foundations of these buildings still stand covered with moss along the Little Miami Bike Trail.
The Peters Factory gained national attention and headlines due to an explosion on July 15, 1890. At 3:50p.m., a deafening blast could be heard for 6 miles around the Kings Mills/Mason area, due to a train car colliding with two load cars packed with 800 kegs of gun powder at the site. Along with thousands of cartridges igniting, and a total amount of 1,600 kegs exploding in chain reaction.
Much of the original building was destroyed, and was rebuilt in later years. Because of this, and the environment and atmosphere of the location and buildings, many urban legends associated with paranormal phenomenon and ghostly hauntings have been alleged to occur on the site throughout the years.
World War I brought enormous growth to Peters Cartridge. In the 1930s during the Depression, Peters sold out to Remington, its competitor. World War II started off with great success for the Cartridge Company but in the middle of the war, the Peters plant in Kings Mills was shut down due to overproduction in favor of Remington's East Coast plants. Some of the buildings and shot tower still remain today, some buildings in use and others vacant.
Since the factory is located less than 2 miles from the Dealership, we used the "powder keg" as inspiration for our name. | The Peters Cartridge Company was officially sold to Remington during the 1930's. The Great Depression hit everyone hard, but particularly Peters. Remington continued to operate the Kings Mills location until halfway through WW II. The company was making more ammunition than the soldiers could use, and Remington decided to concentrate on his other factories, rather than waste time on the Ohio branch.
Columbia Records used the building for a short period of time, as a place to press their vinyl records. Once they decided to leave in the early 1950's though, no other offers came in and the building was left empty.
Today the building is used for a number of different things, including local businesses and a training ground for the Hamilton township SWAT department. Other portions of the property are closed off to the public. The building even became part of a movie when a horror movie was filmed on site.
Even before the movie began filming locals told stories of ghosts and hauntings. Following the filming, the stories grew even bigger. The film crew set up shop in 2002 and almost immediately claimed to see and hear some strange things. Some claimed to hear whispering when the room was empty, and others saw things move on their own. Others have claimed to hear footsteps inside the building when it is devoid of human life.
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| click here for more history and photos of Peters Cartridge Factory: http://www.abandonedohio.com/peters-cartridge.html |
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