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  2. Manual vacuum cleaner - Wikipedia

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    "This movement was a key design feature as it has a double connected bellows, meaning that movement in either direction created a vacuum." The second person could use the attached hose then to clean the house. The dust was collected in a cotton bag within the machine. An example of this can be seen at the Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum

  3. Central vacuum cleaner - Wikipedia

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    Air and dust are sucked at high speed into the collection vessel at a direction tangential to the vessel wall, creating a fast-spinning vortex. Roughly speaking, the dust particles and other debris spiral outward to the wall of the vessel by centrifugal force , where they fall due to gravity into the bottom of the collection bin.

  4. Roy James Carver - Wikipedia

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    Carver was born on December 15, 1909, to James and Laura Carver in Preemption, Illinois. [1] In 1927, he completed high school in Moline, Illinois.After earning a BS degree in engineering from the University of Illinois in 1934, Carver became state engineer for Illinois.

  5. Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Illinois ranks second in U.S. corn production with more than 1.5 billion bushels produced annually. [155] With a production capacity of 1.5 billion gallons per year, Illinois is a top producer of ethanol, ranking third in the United States in 2011. [156] Illinois is a leader in food manufacturing and meat processing. [157]

  6. Dust - Wikipedia

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    Dust-producing surfaces cover one-third of the global land area. These are made up of hyper-arid regions like the Sahara, which covers 0.9 billion hectares, and drylands, which occupy 5.2 billion hectares. [5] Dust in the atmosphere is produced by saltation and abrasive sandblasting of sand-sized grains, and it is transported through the ...

  7. Chicago Avenue Pumping Station - Wikipedia

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    The 1869 pumping station, located across Michigan Avenue from the Water Tower. The Chicago Avenue Pumping Station is a historic district contributing property in the Old Chicago Water Tower District landmark district.

  8. Paxton Water Tower and Pump House - Wikipedia

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    The new water tower and pump house were the first in a series of infrastructure improvements which spurred the economic development of Paxton. The two buildings were built with brick. The octagonal water tower is 80 feet (24 m) tall. [2] There used to be a water tank on top of the pump house tower which was missing in latest years. [3]

  9. Brandon Road Lock and Dam - Wikipedia

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    The complex also includes a disused junction lock for the Illinois and Michigan Canal, the control station for the lock, and a modern pump house. [ 2 ] The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Brandon Road Lock and Dam Historic District on March 10, 2004.