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The Bloomer Line is owned by Alliance Grain Company, which owns the eight grain elevators served by the railroad. It is primarily a grain transporter, shipping carloads of corn, soybeans and wheat from these locations to the connecting railroads, but also serves several other industries, including a soybean processing plant in Gibson City and a fertilizer distribution facility in Colfax.
In a move that will enable the company to reinvest in its U.S. grain business, Minnetonka-based Cargill is selling a group of elevators in five states to Inver Grove Heights-based CHS Inc. Cargill ...
Port Perry – formerly Curries Grain Elevator(1873)and A.Ross and son, Port Perry. Canada's oldest grain elevator or granary still stands as a sentinel on the edge of the Queen Street, Port Perry, Scugog the prestige shopping district on the shores of Lake Scugog. A must see for all old mill and grain elevator enthusiasts.
The train station there also functioned as a post office and general store. A grain elevator was constructed in 1891, but burned in 1894 and was not rebuilt. The town was incorporated in 1903; at that time, the first mayor, Charles Mason, decided to improve the streets which had been "paved" with gold. [3] Signs at the south edge of town
Bordering the field to the west was the recently paved Illinois 2 (today U.S. 51/Main Street), and to the east was the Illinois Central Railroad (today Constitution Trail) and where the Kerrick grain elevator once stood. The Bloomington Flying Club helped rally the general public and local leaders behind the economic promise of "heavier-than ...
In 1896, Eckhart & Swan purchased the Hess elevators, on Carroll Avenue, between Ada and Elizabeth street, for $75,000. [5] [6] In 1897, Eckhart & Swan began constructing a new wheat and rye mill, at a cost of between $250,000 and $300,000, replacing their existing mill at Canal and Fulton. [2] [6] [3] It was the largest mill in Illinois. [2]
St. Albert – St. Albert Grain Elevator Park, [23] a 1906 Alberta Grain Co. and 1929 Alberta Wheat Pool Elevators now restored as a historic park [24] [third-party source needed] Stettler – a 1920 Parrish and Heimbecker grain elevator, feed mill, and coal shed, last to stand in Alberta, now protected and restored as a museum [ 25 ]
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