Hoopeston, IL: ADM Grain Elevator

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Chad Thomas posted
The only Elevator we have in my town is of a modern one ADM. This is in Hoopeston Illinois in January 2019 with low lying fog.
Brett Ellis Years ago it was Pillsbury and then Demeter. Great pic.

Three of the four photos posted by Chad Thomas with the comment: "Hoopeston Illinois Those two bins are over a million bushels each."
Dennis DeBruler Looking at a satellite image, it looks like the elevator started with six silo concrete silows. They added some significant dryer capacity as they added storage capacity. The building on the north probably holds more than the bins. https://www.google.com/.../data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4...
Chad Thomas Dennis DeBruler they only put million bushels in it because it's getting weak. Yes it was bigger than the bins. We haul grain there. It had, the silos then they added 7 bins then the flat then the North big bin then a newer dryer and the final big bin and the second dryer

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This photo confirms that the building to the north can be loaded either from the north bin's feed or from the conveyor over the row of four smaller bins. This elevator has a short siding off of a longer siding. But even with the longer siding, it doesn't look like it can load a unit train. The east/west railroad that used to go through town was the NKP's LE&W.

I wonder what this industry is. It does have some covered hoppers spotted on its spur.

Satellite

Looking at an old aerial photo, the industry existed in 1940 and the elevator was south of Thompson Avenue.

1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP