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Mill City Museum, the Glossary

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.^[1]

31 relations: Austria, Bisquick, Buffalo, New York, Byte, Cadwallader C. Washburn, Dust explosion, Flour, General Mills, Great Mill Disaster, Gristmill, Heritage Documentation Programs, Hydropower, JoAnn Verburg, John Crosby (General Mills), Metro Blue Line (Minnesota), Metro Green Line (Minnesota), Mill Ruins Park, Millstone, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota Historical Society, Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, Mississippi River, National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places, Pillsbury A-Mill, Saint Anthony Falls, St. Anthony Falls Historic District, Stone Arch Bridge (Minneapolis), William de la Barre, World War I.
2003 establishments in Minnesota
General Mills
Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
History of Minneapolis
Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Minnesota
Industrial buildings completed in 1879
Mill museums in Minnesota
Minnesota Historical Society
Minnesota state historic sites
Museums in Minneapolis
National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota
National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi National River and Recreation Area

Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.

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Bisquick

Bisquick is a pre-mixed baking mix sold by General Mills under its Betty Crocker brand, consisting of flour, shortening, salt, sugar and baking powder (a leavening agent).

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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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Byte

The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits.

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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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Dust explosion

A dust explosion is the rapid combustion of fine particles suspended in the air within an enclosed location.

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Flour

Flour is a powder made by grinding raw grains, roots, beans, nuts, or seeds.

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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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The Great Mill Disaster, also known as the Washburn A Mill explosion, occurred on May 2, 1878, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Mill City Museum and Great Mill Disaster are history of Minneapolis.

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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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Heritage Documentation Programs

Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) is a division of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) responsible for administering the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS).

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Hydropower

Hydropower (from Ancient Greek -, "water"), also known as water power, is the use of falling or fast-running water to produce electricity or to power machines.

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JoAnn Verburg

JoAnn Verburg is an American photographer.

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John Crosby (General Mills)

John Crosby III (November 1, 1828 – December 29, 1887) was an American businessman.

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Metro Blue Line (Minnesota)

The Metro Blue Line is a light rail line in Hennepin County, Minnesota, that is part of the Metro network.

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Metro Green Line (Minnesota)

The Metro Green Line (formerly called the Central Corridor) is an light rail line that connects the central business districts of Minneapolis and Saint Paul in Minnesota as well as the University of Minnesota.

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Mill Ruins Park

Mill Ruins Park is a park in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, standing on the west side of Saint Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River and running from 3rd Ave. Mill City Museum and Mill Ruins Park are national Register of Historic Places in 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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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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Mississippi National River and Recreation Area

The Mississippi National River and Recreation Area is a and protected corridor along the Mississippi River through Minneapolis–Saint Paul in the U.S. state of Minnesota, from the cities of Dayton and Ramsey to just downstream of Hastings. This stretch of the upper Mississippi River includes natural, historical, recreational, cultural, scenic, scientific, and economic resources of national significance.

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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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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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Pillsbury A-Mill

The Pillsbury A-Mill is a former flour mill located on the east bank of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mill City Museum and Pillsbury A-Mill are flour mills in the United States, General Mills, grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota, Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Minnesota, national Historic Landmarks in Minnesota and national Register of Historic Places in Minneapolis.

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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. Mill City Museum and Saint Anthony Falls are Minnesota state historic sites, national Register of Historic Places in Minneapolis and national Register of Historic Places in Mississippi National River and Recreation Area.

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St. Anthony Falls Historic District

The following are all the contributing resources to the Saint Anthony Falls Historic District in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Mill City Museum and St. Anthony Falls Historic District are flour mills in the United States, grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota, historic American Engineering Record in Minnesota, national Historic Landmarks in Minnesota, national Register of Historic Places in Minneapolis and national Register of Historic Places in Mississippi National River and Recreation Area.

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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. Mill City Museum and Stone Arch Bridge (Minneapolis) are national Register of Historic Places in Minneapolis.

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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/Mill_City_Museum

Also known as Washburn "A" Mill, Washburn A Mill.

Mill City Museum, the Glossary

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See also

2003 establishments in Minnesota

General Mills

Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota

History of Minneapolis

Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Minnesota

Industrial buildings completed in 1879

Mill museums in Minnesota

Minnesota Historical Society

Minnesota state historic sites

Museums in Minneapolis

National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota

National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi National River and Recreation Area

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