FLOUR Mill. Minneapolis, MN – saint paul. In 1840, a flour mill called the Washburn A Mill opened. The mill would make 12 million loaves of bread a day. The mill was located on the West Bank Of The Mississippi River and used water as energy to power the mill supply. When The Great Depression hit in 1929, The mill had employed over 2,000 – 4,000 people which provided a job for people who had no...

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