1876 Briess Malt & Ingredients in Manitowoc, WI

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It will take about 30 hours to unload the 650' ship that is expected in late April of 2022. The plant has over 150 grain silos.
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Their 10-story marine tower by the Manitowoc River. It is connected to their plant by a 3-block long underground tunnel.

Street View

The Wharf Manitowoc posted
John Rozman: Calumet brewery used the rahr label during the 30s
Daniel Steiner: https://www.allagash.com/blog/beer-fundamentals-what-is-malt/
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Looking across the river at the marine tower (on the left) with the silos and plant in the background.

Street View

Here is a 3/4 view of the tower with the SS Badger at the ferry dock. A little below halfway up on the river side of the tower is the hopper into which the a self-unloading conveyor dumps the grain. The size of the tower is overkill because it would have been built with a marine leg instead of an unloading hopper. A Flickr photo of the Michipicoten unloading back in 2008 when this plant was owned by Anheuser-Busch.

Street View

Connor Siemers posted, but I could not convince Facebook to give me the link
Manitowoc, WI will be receiving a 650 foot Equinox class freighter to deliver grain to Briess Malt.
(Photo Credit: MarineLog)

C&NW used to have a railyard between the elevator and the lake to service their ferry dock. The ferry now does vehicle traffic instead of freight cars. Canadian National now owns the C&NW and SOO assets that are left in this town.

1954 Manitowoc Quad @ 1:24,000

This article includes Briess Malting in a list of products that are shipped from the town, but I don't see where and how they would load barges or boats.

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Update:

StoryMaps

Connor Siemers posted, cropped
Here she is!
Greg Orlopp: How long in port?
Kurt Johnson: Greg Orlopp I heard 36hrs but not 100% sure that's correct.

Chad P Beeman commented on Connor's post, cropped

Betsy Mae commented on Connor's post

Betsy Mae commented on Connor's post

Betsy Mae commented on Connor's post

1 of 6 drone photos posted by Nathan Tienor of the ship unloading.
Algoma Intrepid

There were several postings of the Algoma Intrepid unloading in this Facebook group. I include this one because all five photos focus on the two tugboats that helped dock the ship.

1 of 5 photos posted by Tim Keefe
Tugs William C Gaynor and Donald J Sarter gave an assist to the Algoma Intrepid at Manitowoc, WI, today, 4/28/22.

I picked this screenshot because on the right near the water level you can see some propwash from the bow thruster. At first, it struck me as a short burst. But then I remembered that this was a time-lapse video. I guess the pilot of the ship thought the tug was pushing it toward the dock a little too quickly. The video starts with the ship entering the river.

1:24 time-lapse video @ 1:08

The Saginaw was built in Manitowoc by Maniowoc Engineering.

1 of 14 photos posted by Nathan Tienor with the comment: "Saginaw."

I gather from a comment that this is the first time that Saginaw has appeared in Manitowoc. The first time visit by a classic freighter would explain why there were so many photos of it: 12 photos; 7 photos; 3 photos

And some modern freighters are also unloading at the malt house.

Eugene Tobias posted
ANOTHER SHOT OF MANITOWOC AND THE PIERSON.

safe_image for Great Lakes freighter, launched in Manitowoc in 1953, transports enough
barley in each load to make 40 million bottles of beer
[This article has several construction photos of the freighter.]
"Delivering this much grain by the shipload is one example of how Manitowoc recently became named the Specialty Malt Capital of the World. This is thanks to Briess Malt & Ingredients Co., which produces the largest amount of specialty malt in the world by converting millions of tons of grain into the primary ingredient in beer."
The 639' (195m) freighter was built as a self-unloader and wsa named John J. Boland when it was launched from Manitowoc Shipbuilding. It was converted from steam to diesel in 2008.
"With up to 25 million pounds of raw barley in each delivery, that equates to about 40 million 12-ounce bottles of beer. Now that is a shipload of beer! "