Topeka, KS: Three Cargill Elevators

I already had a posting on the largest Cargill elevator.

All three elevators are built along the Union Pacific tracks.

Cade Smith posted
This is the smallest of the three Cargill elevators in North Topeka.
[1,026,000  Satellite]

Cade Smith posted
Cargill North Topeka elevator, one of three.
Jan Normandale almost 16 cars long... almost 3 1/2 football fields long.
[11,988,000  Satellite]

Cade Smith posted
This is the largest of the three Cargill elevators in North Topeka.
[24,636,000 Satellite]

Even the local Fairview Mills is pretty good sized and rail served.

Update: Another comment added to the posting:
Brent A. Harrison According to the UPRR grain elevator directory, there are four listings for Cargill in Topeka. Flour terminal, 1,500,000 bushel capacity, South Flour terminal, 300,000 bushel capacity, West grain elevator, 2,200,000 bushel capacity, and Cargill Inc with a 5,500,000 bushel capacity. Hope this helps.


The original capacity numbers seemed too big. They must be using a unit other than bushels. But Brent's numbers seem too low. Maybe there are a lot of silos that can no longer be used, for whatever reason.

Cade Smith took sunrise pictures of three elevators in a row and of Ag Partners (satellite).

Keiv Spare posted
North Topeka, Kansas. January 2017
[Another view of the "smallest" elevator.]

Keiv Spare posted
Topeka, Kansas. January 2017
[Even though Keiv labeled this as Topeka, it looks like the "middle" elevator that Cade labels as North Topeka. According to Google Map, it is Topeka.]

Jerry Krug commented on the above posting, cropped
Here's the same elevator from June 2016 at a slightly different angle. It's hard to describe how overwhelming the size of this structure is.
[Fairview Mills is in the background.]