Sunday, February 14, 2016

Topeka, KS: Largest Cargill Grain Elevator and UP Yard


(Update: another posting has the capacity of this and two other Cargill elevators that are in Topeka.)

This elevator was built along the north side of the UP yard.

Doug Gartner posted five photos with the comment: "Getting ready to put in some new belts in Cargill at Topeka."
Bob Summers: That would be the old CGF terminal owned by the Garvey’s, then the Ruth Garvey Fink family after the grain companies were divided by the next generation families.
[Built] Early ‘50’s, probably took no more than 3 or 4 years. Viewed from the right of these shots shows better the size and phases of this elevator complex. The Garvey family sold this facility to Cargill around 1980.
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Cade Smith posted
Five months ago I posted this elevator with large shadows. So I told Jerry that I would go back and photograph the large Cargill Elevator in better light. I hope this is acceptable.
When Jerry Krug made it the group photo, Cade provided the address --- Cargill Grain 1845 NW Gordon St, Topeka, KS 66608 --- and indicated it was served by UP with KCS adding one or two trains a week.

Cade Smith posted three photos with the comment: "Jerry, asked if I could get some other shots of the Cargill elevator. Until the sun is higher in the sky this spring the North side is always in shadows. So here is the pic I posted the other day and a couple others to give an idea how large this elevator is. I will try to get the North side in the sun this spring."
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Ken Bryan posted
A massive Cargill elevator at Topeka KS
May 2016

They need to beef up their unloading capacity.
Thomas McCarter, Nov 2019





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