Biographical data on William De la Barre, 1936.

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Biographical data on William De la Barre, 1936.

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Photocopies of typed biographical data on William De la Barre, a civil engineer from Austria who worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania before coming to Minnesota. Soon after the 1878 Washburn "A" Mill explosion, De la Barre, at the request of Minnesota Governor C. C. Washburn, arrived in Minneapolis to promote a safety device to prevent flour dust explosions. Between 1878 and 1923, De la Barre was employed by several Minneapolis grain mills and water power companies, including the Washburn Flour Mills, the Minneapolis Mill Company, and the St. Anthony Falls Water Power Company.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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