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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.The disaster resulted in 18 deaths. The explosion occurred on a Thursday evening when an accumulation of flour dust inside the Washburn A Mill, the largest mill in the world at the time, led to a dust explosion that killed the fourteen workers inside the mil
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.The museum, an entity of the Minnesota Historical Society that opened in 2003, focuses on the founding and growth of Minneapolis, especially flour milling and the other industries that used hydropower from Saint Anthony Falls.
General Mills itself was created on June 20, 1928, [8] when Washburn-Crosby President James Ford Bell merged Washburn-Crosby with three other mills. [9] In the same year, General Mills acquired the Wichita Mill and Elevator Company of the industrialist Frank Kell of Wichita Falls, Texas. With the sale, Kell acquired cash plus stock in the ...
General Mills was formed on June 20, 1928 as a vehicle for the merger of successful Minnesota milling company Washburn-Crosby with more than two dozen smaller mills. While originally a flour mill,
Includes a brief history of New Process and roller mills at Washburn-Crosby, plus addition of auxiliary steam and then electric power at Washburn-Crosby and other mills. HABS No. MN-69-D, " Washburn-Crosby Milling Complex, East Engine House, S 1st St between Portland & 8th Ave ", 1 photo, 9 data pages, 1 photo caption page
Relatives. Franklin Muzzy (father-in-law) Sumner McKnight Crosby (grandson) John Crosby III (November 1, 1828 – December 29, 1887) was an American businessman. Crosby was a founding partner of the Washburn-Crosby Company, the forerunner to General Mills .
Cadwallader Colden Washburn (April 22, 1818 – May 14, 1882) was an American businessman, politician, and soldier who founded a mill that later became General Mills. A member of the Washburn family of Maine , he was a U.S. congressman and governor of Wisconsin , and served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War .
The Washburn-Crosby Company spent three years recreating flakes strong enough to remain intact during packaging. ... General Mills debuted Cheerios in an effort to veer away from bran cereals and ...