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assembly plant
a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product
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auto factory, automobile factory, car factory
a factory where automobiles are manufactured
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cannery
a factory where food is canned
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chemical plant
an industrial plant where chemicals are produced
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foundry, metalworks
factory where metal castings are produced
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lumbermill, sawmill
a mill for dressing logs and lumber
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paper mill
a mill where paper is manufactured
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stamp mill, stamping mill
a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps
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steel factory, steel mill, steel plant, steelworks
a factory where steel is made
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sweatshop
factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry
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textile mill
a factory for making textiles
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armory, armoury, arsenal
a place where arms are manufactured
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battery, stamp battery
a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores
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bell foundry
a foundry where bells are cast
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cotton mill
a textile mill for making cotton textiles
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iron foundry
a foundry where cast iron is produced
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maquiladora
an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border
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quartz battery, quartz mill
a stamp mill for stamping quartz
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rolling mill
steel mill where metal is rolled into sheets and bars
