Inman, KS: Former Flour Mill and Rectangular Elevator with Mural

Mural: (Satellite)  It appears that it is no longer rail served.

Mill: (Satellite)

Bob Summers posted two photos with the comment:

The former Buhler Mill location in Inman Kansas was located on the former CRIP (Rock Island) mainline which is the short route from the upper Midwest to Arizona and Southern California. ADM operated this location until about 20 years ago. It is currently an independent grain elevator operating the elevator but not the mill. The Union Pacific operates the rail line.

Global Earth had good resolution images east of town, but none of the dates had good images of the town. I was trying to determine if the current building was the mill or if the mill building was somewhere else. Historic Aerials goes back to just 1991, and that image is nothing to brag about.

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Street View

Sam Andrews posted

ADM flour mill & elevator @ Inman, KS  in 1989. Mill dates from 1892. Bought the property from Nabisco in 1982 until closing in 2000. Jim Jackson  was head miller. He worked @ Cargill in Newton w/me for a yr until going to Inman.                    

  Boxcars in scene would be loaded w/export flour shipping to Gulf Coast. Inman was on the Cotton Belt rr. Mill would be switched by the. Herington-Pratt local until the job changed to a Hutchinson-McPherson turn            

Interesting fun fact here is Walters many yrs ago produced a HO scale ADM mill. Nothing has been said but that scale model building sure resembles the real thing @ Inman

Bob Summers posted two photos with the comment: "Took a road trip this weekend to photograph elevators west of Topeka on two rail routes, but before starting to post those I wanted to share this beautiful mural nearing completion on the former Chase Grain elevator in Inman Kansas.  The mural depicts the importance of the Turkey Red hard winter wheat varieties the Mennonite settlers brought from Russia over 150 years ago. Photographed 7/7/24.  My post in March 2024 detailed the contractors and owners of the elevators in Inman."

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Jerry Krug commented on Bob's post
I caught this elevator on June 25, 2016 during my first Kansas exploration. A unit train of covered hopper cars was passing it at the moment.

KAKE News posted two photos with the comment:

🌾 LOVE IT! An artist in Inman, Kansas has completed her 108-foot mural on a grain elevator. 

📸 Mindy's Murals/Office of Rural Prosperity

Keiv Spare shared

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Mindy's Murals shared a 1:35 video