J. J. Badenogh Grain Elevator

(Satellite, a fairly modern building now occupies the cite.)
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Gary Hosek posted

Freight cars - Western Avenue rail yards - Chicago - 1948 - Russell Lee photograph.

Bob Lalich Does anyone know the company that operated the grain elevator in the distance?

David Daruszka commented on Bob's comment on Gary's post

Bob Lalich J. Badenoch I believe.
Bob Lalich Thanks David Daruszka. Badenoch was still operating the elevator as of 1963.
[There is a higher resolution copy of this map below concerning Geoff's post.]

Zoomed in on the above Sanborn Map
"Capacity: 750,000 Bu    Built 1913-1914-1915 & 1919"
[Du Page County had a lot of farm fields left when I moved there in the 1970s, so it would have still been actively growing grain in WWI. I wonder how much of Cook County was still farm fields when this elevator was built.]

1938 Aerial Photo at photo resolution

Geoff Tiger Prawn Badenock posted
This is my great grandfather, John Joseph Badenoch (JJ). Although he was born in Scotland, he and his family found their way to Chicago where his father, Joseph, was a blacksmith. JJ spent his years from 18 to 25 riding through the mining camps of the Rocky Mountains on horseback in the employ of a Chicgo jeweler selling diamonds to the miners for gold. Upon his return to Chicago at age 25 he started the JJ Badenoch Company which specialized in feed an grain in service to the drayage trade. As a businessman, he served on the coroner's jury following the Hay Market riot. Later he served as an Alderman from the 11th Ward, as a member of the School Board and as Superintendent Chief of Police under Mayor Swift. Later he was a member of the Chicago Board of Trade. He passed away in the early '30's at age 82.

Bob Lalich commented on Geoff's post
Was this his grain elevator located at 17th and Damen?
Geoff Tiger Prawn Badenoch: Bob Lalich Yes, I believe so. I think it was demolished in the past decade, though and replaced with new buildings. JJ built the first concrete grain silo in the US if I have the story right.

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Steven J. Brown posted
Burlington Northern E9M 9902 (built 1950 as CB&Q 9939A, became MARC 64, now repainted to CB&Q 9939A at the Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood, Missouri) at Western Avenue [Railyard] in Chicago, Illinois - March 29, 1988.
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In the background is the J. J. Badenogh Grain Elevator.

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