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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