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On 7/12/2013 10:29 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:

> What is the "Bag House" at East End Shops, and what did it "bag" ?

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> That term sounds more appropriate to some kind of mill, which would be 

> bagging product (e.g. grain.)

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> -- abram burnett

> Founding Member, Imperial Order of Dilettantes and Nitpickers

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Bag houses contain air filtration equipment to remove particulates from 
smokestack emissions. The filters look like giant cloth bags. Smoke 
passes  into the center and out through the bag walls and the particles 
stay behind. crude but effective.  They are similar to dust collecting 
systems for wood shops but on a huge scale
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