Stockholm, SD: Wood Grain Elevator

(Satellite)

In its day, this was a rather big country elevator. The railroad is BNSF/Great Northern

Street View, Sep 2021

Street View, Sep 2021

An interesting collection of old tractors. It looks like at least some of them are still used.

Street View

Given the feed mill, I wonder if the elevator is still active.

1 of 4 photos posted by John Harker
Greetings from Stockholm South Dakota USA 

And I wonder if these old gas pumps are still used. If so, do they have to multiply the indicated price by 10? That would make the decimal point digit worthwhile.

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Reading, PA: Carpenter Steel Company

(Satellite)

Bill Reichert posted and islandora
Aerial Photo - Carpenter Steel Company - 1922 - Located in Reading, PA

Don Mc Carthy: Its still going isnt it? I remember reading that they made steel that was used in the Wright brothers airplane.

Bill Reichert: Don Mc Carthy Yes it is. Specialty Steels for almost any application requiring special conditions. Aerospace, Medical, Oil drilling, etc. CRS is the Stock market ID. Take a look at its movement.

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Carpenter Technology: Reading, PA Mill Tour
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Fairland, IL: Lost/C&EI Depot

(Satellite, based on the aerial photo below.)

Carol Erb posted
1967.      This is the Fairland Depot, C&EI line that went from Villa Grove, IL east through Fairland, Longview, Broadlands…….   This depot was demolished in 1967.

Chris Elston: The last train through Fairland was around 2008. The tracks terminate at the east edge of Villa Grove now.

Richard Fiedler shared

Carol Erb commented on her post

A C&EI depot. 1956/57 Villa Grove Quad @ 62,500 via Dennis DeBruler

1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Wolf Point, MT; Two wood grain elevators, then there was a fire, now there's one

Burnt (East) Elevator: (Satellite)

Other (West) Elevator: (Satellite)

Depot: (Satellite)

Modern Elevator: (Satellite)

Given the steel bins in the photos below, I think the one on the right is the one that burned.

Street View, Nov 2024

Bakken Oilfield Fail of the Day posted
[Some comments indicate it has not been used for over 10 years. The fire started in the office so some comments speculated that some homeless people lit a fire for warmth, and it got out of control.]

Christopher Jordan Lindsay Sr.: Bums running out of buildings to burn for real in this town, I believe homeless shelter is in the works as we speak.

Andrew Tuttle shared

Six photos contributed in the comments on the above post. Please access the "posted" link to see the names of the contributors.

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Thom Fuhrmann commented on Andrew's share
Summer 2024

Dennis DeBruler: Thom Fuhrmann This is the other wood elevator in Wolf Point. The one that burned is east of this elevator.

Thom Fuhrmann: Dennis DeBruler thanks for the clarification.

Wesley Peters commented on Andrew's share
Photo I took in July 2024. Originally built for the Occident Elevator Co. in 1961. Hogenson Construction Co. was the contractor. 215,000-bushel capacity.

Bakken Oilfield Fail of the Day posted five photos with the comment: "Photos from the Giant Fire in Wolf Point today [Dec 10, 2025]."

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Wesley Peters posted two photos with the comment:

Remembering the Occident Elevator at Wolf Point, Roosevelt County, MT.

Occident Elevator Co. Combination headhouse/annex built in 1961, Hogenson Construction Co. 215,000-bushel capacity.

Destroyed by fire on December 10, 2025.

Photographed on 7/12/2024.

Photos courtesy of Wesley Peters.

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The Great Northern served this town. Note how the river had meandered. I compared this map to a contemporary satellite image, and it appears that a meander has wiped Oldtown off the map.

1916/ Wolf Point Quad @ 62,500

Today's Amtrak depot looks like a farmer's shop building rather than a train depot.

Pete the Traveler, Jun 2023

On the east side of town, there is a modern elevator that is rail served.

Street View, Nov 2024

Piqua, OH: Pennsy (Panhandle) and B&O/CH&D Depots and Junction Tower

Pennsy+B&O Depot: (Satellite, it was in the northwest quadrant of the tracks (today's river's Edge Trail) and Wayne Street. I found this on the detailed topo map at the bottom of these notes.)

B&O Depot: (Satellite, I found this on the aerial photo below.)

Tower: (Satellite, according to the aerial photo below, it was in the northwest quadrant of the crossing. Back then, the road bent and was further North.)

Panhandle Overview

CH&D = Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton

Note that the Pennsy tracks used to be elevated through town.

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"Built 1914, Penn Station at 110 N. Wayne was the largest passenger depot in the area. It closed in 1960 and was demolished in 1969."

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Originally, CH&D had the Piqua & Troy Branch so that it could share Pennsy's depot and serve some industries in town. When the Pennsy elevated its tracks, the B&O built its own depot by its mainline. [jonroma]

1953/53 Muncie Quad @ 250,000

This must have been the Pennsy depot before the tracks were elevated.

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The original depot was built in 1893 and moved to Union City, IN, in 1912. [west2k]

This is the "shack" that B&O built when they had to move out of the Pennsy station.

Bill Haines posted three photos with the comment: "This location is Piqua Crossing on the east side of Piqua, OH where the B&O Toledo Div crossed the PRR Columbus-Chicago main. The train is No. 53 and is making a station stop at the small shelter which replaced the B&O depot. There's now a shopping mall on the right. The road you see has been moved to the south and the former PRR right of way is now a trail. The tower, where I spent many hours as a kid and later worked as an operator, was torn down in the late 80s or early 90s. These pics were taken by the late Doug Vogler in Oct 1965."

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Darren Reynolds posted four photos with the comment:

PRR/B&O 

"Piqua" tower 

Piqua, Ohio 

This tower is no longer standing

Tim shanahan shared

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PRR/B&O "Piqua" tower in Piqua, Ohio was built by the PRR

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The glass top interlocking machine at "Piqua" tower

Photo by: David P. Oroszi

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The model board at "Piqua" tower

Photo by: David P. Oroszi

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A Penn Central freight crossing the B&O at "Piqua" tower

On January 20,1972

Photo by: David P. Oroszi

This map marks and labels the Pennsy station and marks the B&O station.

1961/62 Piqua East Quad @ 24,000

Lindsborg, KS: Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum

Mill: (Satellite)

Heritage Square: (Satellite)

Within a block of this mill is a 1914 truss bridge over the Smoky Hills River.

Michael Miller, Jan 2022

Michael Miller, Jan 2022

I thought the above photos was missing the belts that would come down from the ceiling to the main drive shaft. But this photo shows that the line shaft runs along the floor behind the roller mills.

 “cfl” lane, Jul 2025

An even better view of the drive belts.

Ian Cull, Apr 2024

Ian Cull, Apr 2024

 

"8 Sifter"

Captain, Jun 2025

Not everything was belt driven.

Jan Pabitzky, Aug 2022

Kirby H, Oct 2025

They have most, but not all, belts.

Michael Pete Peterson, Jan 2020

Across Mill Street from the mill is a recreated village.

Michael Pete Peterson, Feb 2019

That village includes a depot.

Chuck B, Jul 2024

With a steam locomotive on the other side. And some farm machinery in the background.

DJ Fugazzotto, Aug 2022

And some even older farm machinery inside a building.

Hunter Keiser, Jun 2023

Lee Kibbee, Sep 2023

Bob Summers posted four photos with the comment: "Lindsborg Kansas had this early flour mill on the Smoky Hill River. Originally a water powered “grist mill” using mill stones, was rebuilt as a “roller mill” after the original was destroyed in a fire. No grain elevator remains. Is open daily for tours."

Dennis DeBruler: I see from the photos on Google Maps that a lot of the belts for the line shafts were added as part of the restoration that was completed in 1981. https://maps.app.goo.gl/mzbhcHmn79ZwTxdz8

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