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It is collected and compressed to a liquid form and shipped in containers under pressure for use in chemical works and bleacheries and for the purification of drinking water.

From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Miller, Kelly

There are numerous saw-mills, shipbuilding yards, engineering works, distilleries, sugar refineries, tobacco factories, linen bleacheries and stained glass, salt and white lead works.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various

The spring water of the lake, they say, has the most wonderful bleaching powers of any in the world; all the great Haarlem bleacheries use it.

From Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates by Dodge, Mary Mapes

My father was a wholesale merchant in straw goods, and had extensive dye works and bleacheries where the straw, silk and cotton braids were colored.

From The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog by Axtell, Edward

White maple forms an excellent top floor, although not so hard as others, especially where the floor is likely to be exposed to water, as in paper mills and bleacheries.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various