Giant, Richmond, California

Coordinates: 37°59′26″N 122°21′26″W / 37.99056°N 122.35722°W / 37.99056; -122.35722 Giant (formerly, Nitro) was an unincorporated community, now within Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, and annexed to Richmond in Contra Costa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 23 feet (7 m).

History

The town of Nitro—Giant was established in 1892 as a company town by the Giant Powder Company. The company moved its manufacturing facilities to this location, after a factory explosion demolished the two previous plants in Glen Canyon (San Francisco) and Berkeley. The Giant Powder Company was the first company in America to produce dynamite.^[1] Giant Powder Company's main rival, Hercules Powder Company, was located nearby at what became the town of Hercules.

California Historic Landmark No. 1002-1 is at the location of Giant. Point Pinole Regional Shoreline is in the East Bay Regional Park District.

References

↑ California Historical Landmarks: Nitro—Giant

External links

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Giant, Richmond, California

East Bay Regional Parks

Parks	Alvarado Park Anthony Chabot Briones Castle Rock Contra Loma Coyote Hills Crockett Hills Del Valle Diablo Foothills Dry Creek Pioneer Garin Lake Chabot Middle Harbor Shoreline Pleasanton Ridge Redwood Ridgelands Sobrante Ridge Temescal Tilden Wildcat Canyon

Shorelines	Antioch/Oakley Big Break Brooks Island Carquinez Strait Hayward Martin Luther King Jr. Martinez Miller/Knox Oyster Bay Point Isabel Point Pinole

Preserves/Open Spaces	Bishop Ranch Black Diamond Mines Brushy Peak Claremont Canyon Huckleberry Leona Canyon Mission Peak Morgan Territory Sibley Round Valley Sobrante Ridge Sycamore Valley Vasco Caves Waterbird

Wilderness Areas	Las Trampas Ohlone Sunol

Recreation Areas	Cull Canyon Don Castro Kennedy Grove Quarry Lakes Roberts Shadow Cliffs

Trails	Alameda Creek Iron Horse

Other	Ardenwood Historic Farm Browns Island Crown Memorial State Beach Eastshore State Park Hoffman Marsh Point Molate Beach Park Breuner Marsh

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