I knew they processed sugar beets in Colorado, but I didn't know they also did it in Michigan. I'm learning that agriculture in Michigan is a lot different than in Illinois and Indiana.
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| Street View, Aug 2018 |
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| Donna N Jay Kandler posted Sugar Factory, what are all those stone like things? Dennis Nickel: Foundation of the old beet shed. Paul Campbell: Those are concrete pylons. If memory serves me correctly they supported air ducts to allow fresh air flow through the piles of beets to keep them from spoiling. I seem to think there were fans, blowers, that forced air through the ducts, but it's been so long I don't recall for sure. |
This shows the modern aeriation equipment.
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| 8:25 video @ 5:41 |
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| Donna N Jay Kandler posted Aerial view of Sugar Factory Ralph Kinsley: Remember the summer night when it caught fire? [This was posted in 2021.] |
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| Donna N Jay Kandler posted Sugar Factory 1901 Linda Lofton: Yes, the aromas that came from the sugar factory were soooo bad in the fall, don't think we could ever forget |
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| Donna N Jay Kandler posted Sugar Factory 1902 |
Donna N Jay Kandler posted two photos with the comment: "Sugar Factory being built 1902."
Ralph Kinsley: Much of that equipment was steam powered and imported from Germany. The huge belts were difficult to replace and maintain and were prone to breaking and slapping workers down.
Tylor Hillman: Ralph Kinsley much of the brand new stuff we get still comes from Germany.
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| Carla Manska posted Sugar Factory 1907 Darin Kronner shared |
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| Donna N Jay Kandler posted Sugar Factory 1909 |
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| Donna N Jay Kandler posted Sugar Factory around 1910 |
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| Elaine Luck posted Croswell Michigan. Sugar Factory. David Cenci: A good chunk of the original plant is still in use. Diane Laurent Niles shared Roger Groot: Read from The Sugar Association in Washington,DC."Behind the secret of the sugar industry was hiding a ground breaking study published in JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE in September 2016 has implied that for nearly 60 years the sugar industry was hiding a major secret.The report revealed that the Sugar Research Foundation now known as the Sugar Association was responsible for secretly paying nutrition scientists to publish findings that would transition the cause of heart disease from sugar to fat and cholesterol,reported the NPR. Daniel Holthus: Roger Groot and according to science and doctors, sugar is one of the worst things that you can ingest. If feeds cancer for one. Lori Nye shared Pioneer Sugar factory, Croswell, Michigan |
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| Donna N Jay Kandler posted The Sugar Shack 1952 Bat Meneghin: The sugar bags were stored this way until the last 1980’s. It was all hand labor except for the conveyor belt. [I wonder what a bag weighs.] |
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| Linda Hill Brown posted Sugar Factory Lab Dave Groh: I saw this picture somewhere else said 1902. |
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| Donna N Jay Kandler posted Sugar Factory 1910 from the Yale Expositor, |
If the piles are processed in four months, what do the employees do the rest of the year?
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