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Great Mill Disaster, the Glossary

The Great Mill Disaster, also known as the Washburn A Mill explosion, occurred on May 2, 1878, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.^[1]

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1878 disasters in the United States
1878 in Minnesota
1878 industrial disasters
Disasters in Minnesota
Dust explosions
Events in Minneapolis
Explosions in 1878
Fires in Minnesota
Food processing disasters
History of Minneapolis

Atlas Obscura

Atlas Obscura is an American-based online magazine and travel company.

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Austrians

Austrians (Österreicher) are the citizens and nationals of Austria.

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Budapest

Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary.

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Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Erie County.

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Cadwallader C. Washburn

Cadwallader Colden Washburn (April 22, 1818May 14, 1882) was an American businessman, politician, and soldier who founded a mill that later became General Mills.

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City block

A city block, residential block, urban block, or simply block is a central element of urban planning and urban design.

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Dust collector

A dust collector is a system used to enhance the quality of air released from industrial and commercial processes by collecting dust and other impurities from air or gas.

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A dust explosion is the rapid combustion of fine particles suspended in the air within an enclosed location. Great Mill Disaster and dust explosion are dust explosions and Occupational safety and health.

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General Mills

General Mills, Inc., is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of branded processed consumer foods sold through retail stores.

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Granite

Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.

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Gristmill

A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings.

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La Crosse, Wisconsin

La Crosse is a city in and the county seat of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States.

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Lakewood Cemetery

Lakewood Cemetery is a large private, non-sectarian cemetery located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

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List of accidents and disasters by death toll

This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll.

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List of industrial disasters

This article lists notable industrial disasters, which are disasters caused by industrial companies, either by accident, negligence or incompetence.

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Mill City Museum

Mill City Museum is located in the ruins of the Washburn "A" Mill next to Mill Ruins Park on the banks of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. Great Mill Disaster and Mill City Museum are history of Minneapolis.

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Millstone

Millstones or mill stones are stones used in gristmills, used for triturating, crushing or, more specifically, grinding wheat or other grains.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis, officially the City of Minneapolis, is a city in and the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. With a population of 429,954, it is the state's most populous city as of the 2020 census. It occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota.

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Minneapolis–Saint Paul

Minneapolis–Saint Paul is a metropolitan area in the Upper Midwestern United States centered around the confluence of the Mississippi, Minnesota, and St. Croix rivers in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States.

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Minnesota Historical Society

The Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) is a nonprofit educational and cultural institution dedicated to preserving the history of the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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MinnPost

MinnPost is a nonprofit online newspaper in Minneapolis, founded in 2007, with a focus on Minnesota news.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the primary river and second-longest river of the largest drainage basin in the United States.

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MNopedia

MNopedia: The Minnesota Encyclopedia is a free English-language encyclopedia project from the Minnesota Historical Society.

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National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.

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Productive capacity

Productive capacity is the maximum possible output of an economy.

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Saint Anthony Falls

Saint Anthony Falls, or the Falls of Saint Anthony (whirlpool), located at the northeastern edge of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the only natural major waterfall on the Mississippi River.

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Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County.

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Scientific control

A scientific control is an experiment or observation designed to minimize the effects of variables other than the independent variable (i.e. confounding variables).

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Sheaf (agriculture)

A sheaf (sheaves) is a bunch of cereal-crop stems bound together after reaping, traditionally by sickle, later by scythe or, after its introduction in 1872, by a mechanical reaper-binder.

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Shift work

Shift work is an employment practice designed to keep a service or production line operational at all times. Great Mill Disaster and Shift work are Occupational safety and health.

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St. Louis

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Star Tribune

The Star Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Stone Arch Bridge (Minneapolis)

The Stone Arch Bridge is a former railroad bridge crossing the Mississippi River at Saint Anthony Falls in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Successor company

A successor company takes the business (products and services) of a previous company or companies, with the goal to maintain the continuity of the business.

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Tradeston Flour Mills explosion

On 9 July 1872 the Tradeston Flour Mills, in Glasgow, Scotland, exploded. Great Mill Disaster and Tradeston Flour Mills explosion are dust explosions and food processing disasters.

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University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota (formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities), colloquially referred to as "The U", is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.

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William de la Barre

William de la Barre (April 15, 1849, in Vienna – March 24, 1936, in Minneapolis) was an Austrian Empire-born civil engineer who developed a new process for milling wheat into flour, using energy-saving steel rollers at the Washburn-Crosby Mills (now known as General Mills, Inc.) in Minneapolis, and later served as chief engineer for the first hydroelectric power station built in the United States, at Saint Anthony Falls, also in Minneapolis.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mill_Disaster

Also known as Washburn A Mill explosion.

Great Mill Disaster, the Glossary

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See also

1878 disasters in the United States

1878 in Minnesota

1878 industrial disasters

Disasters in Minnesota

Dust explosions

Events in Minneapolis

Explosions in 1878

Fires in Minnesota

Food processing disasters

History of Minneapolis

References