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Satellite, not only is the elevator gone, the slip has been filled in)
The main post for this elevator is
here.
Dennis DeBruler
posted four images with the comment:
These three photos came for a share concerning Wisconsin Steel in Chicago, which was on the west side of the Calumet River south of 106th Street.
I copied them because they all include a grain elevator along a dedicated slip. (That slip has since been filled in.) I asked the name of the elevator because it does not show up in the 1901 Sanborn Maps. Dale Windhorst answered that it belonged to the Rock Island Railroad. A topo map shows how the Rock Island used to access this elevator.
1929 Calumet Lake Quadrangle @ 1:24,000
Other topo maps indicate that the elevator and the slip disappeared between 1977 and 1991. Sadly, Wisconsin Steel also disappeared between those years.
Bob Summers: Garvey International had a waterfront terminal in Chicago that if memory serves me correctly it was known as the Rock Island Elevator. It was concrete, so likely was built on the same site that this early wooden terminal occupied. That terminal suffered a major grain dust explosion circa 1980 and was razed.
Dennis DeBruler: Bob Summers The second and third photos show a major concrete annex.
Bob Summers: Ok. Finally saw the 1929 date, so that might be the one.
Brett Ellis: Also Norris Grain later Pillsbury
Dennis DeBruler: Bob Lalich provided the following information in a different forum:
"The ownership and operators of grain elevators changed numerous times over the years. This elevator was known as Irondale Elevator. At various times it was either owned or operated by Rosenbaum Grain, Illinois Grain, Chicago Grain, Norris Grain, and Louis Dreyfus, according to documents in my collection. Both PRR and Rock Island served the elevator. The tracks were retired and removed in 1965. Wisconsin Steel Works bought the land in 1966."
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The ownership and operators of grain elevators changed numerous times over the years. This elevator was known as Irondale Elevator. At various times it was either owned or operated by Rosenbaum Grain, Illinois Grain, Chicago Grain, Norris Grain, and Louis Dreyfus, according to documents in my collection. Both PRR and Rock Island served the elevator. The tracks were retired and removed in 1965. Wisconsin Steel Works bought the land in 1966.
ReplyDeleteSorry about the delayed response, but I had to give some thought as to how to fix my errors because I discovered that I had already written some notes on Irondale: https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2018/05/irondale-grain-elevator.html
DeleteI decided to keep both posts and cross reference them. (And I added a 1938 aerial photo to the main post.)
I fixed my Facebook post by adding your information as another comment.
The fact that C&NW operated an elevator with the same name on the same river was part of my confusion.
https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2019/10/crlc-irondale-yard-and-cargill-grain.html