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monument Word or Phrase:PATTINSON REFINERY *  
Definition:A long building with a louvred roof in which silver is refined using the Pattinson Process, which had been developed in the 1830s.
monument Word or Phrase:SILVER REFINERY *  
Definition:Any building or site in which silver was refined and/or extracted by smelting, cupellation, liquation or by the Parkes Process. IA-C20. Don't use for lead or copper smelters at which silver has been extracted unless silver-related features survive.
monument Word or Phrase:SUGAR REFINERY *  
Definition:A site where sugar beet was processed before being washed and dried to form granulated sugar.
monument Word or Phrase:SALT REFINERY *  
Definition:A coastal site producing salt by dissolving rocksalt or other impure salt in seawater, then boiling the concentrated brine in a PANHOUSE
monument Word or Phrase:OIL REFINERY *  
Definition:A works where crude oil is distilled into its fractions or cuts.
monument Word or Phrase:REFINERY *  
Definition:An industrial building, plant or site where crude substances, such as sugar, metal, oil etc., are purified or refined.

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