Milestones: Mill Explosion


Source Diagram 1



  Type Diagram
  Year 1876
  Source
Minnesota Historical Society
  Size 248K

The dust collector in this diagram was designed and patented to prevent the dangerous build-up of flour dust two years before the Washburn A Mill explosion. These collectors gained wider use in the United States after the explosion in Minneapolis.




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