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Tanneries use a stew of hazardous chemicals to transform raw hides into leather, she knew, and sometimes left contamination behind.

From Science Magazine • May 16, 2019

Tanneries and pharmaceutical plants are part of the problem, but textile and garment factories, a mainstay of the economy and a crucial source of employment, have the most clout.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2013

Sharing a wall with one of the huge Hazaribagh factories are the crumbling rooms of the Taj Mahal Tanneries district high school.

From The Guardian • Dec. 13, 2012

As you know he is not only a deeply religious man but he has already handled the Tin Pot Combination and the United Hardware and the Associated Tanneries.

From Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich by Leacock, Stephen

Tanneries and cotton-spinning and weaving mills have considerably extended throughout the province.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various