Friday, February 26, 2021

Havana, IL: Five Grain Elevators

Cargill North: (Satellite)
Cargill South: (Satellite)
ADM: (Satellite)
Unknown: (Satellite) This may have been replaced by the Sunrise FS facility just downstream
Sunrise FS: (Satellite)

Overview


ADM just to the left of the pier and then South and North Cargill.
Jack Tanner Towing posted
Bridge inspections.

Two photos posted by Jack Tanner Towing concerning the flood of 2013.
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[This is during the 2013 flood. The marker that is almost covered is 45'.]
Evan Houghton: Its the highest this bridge has ever seen.
David A. Upp: I have never seen it get to what i know as cargill north's scale house, wow.
[This was one of the comments that taught me the names of Cargill North and Cargill South.]

b, cropped

Jack Tanner Towing posted, cropped
Harvest may be over but December grain is still in full swing! (Picture looking North at the Scott Lucas Bridge with ADM North loading dock in the foreground, Cargill North in the background and Cargill South in between.)

This shows all five elevagtors.
One of 50 photos posted by Jack Tanner Towing, cropped

Jack Tanner Towing has two harbor towboats and a bunch of anchors along the west shore to hold fleets of barges. They break apart line tows, deliver barges to customers when they are needed and build up line tows.
Jack Tanner Towing posted
We have more than a few barges in the fleet today!! 100 to be exact!



Cargill North

Four photos posted by Jack Tanner Towing concerning the flood of 2013.
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b

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Cargill South

Two photos posted by Jack Tanner Towing concerning the flood of 2013.
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b


ADM

Three photos posted by Jack Tanner Towing concerning the flood of 2013.
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b

c


Sunrise FS

Jack Turner Towing posted three photos with the comment:
Imperial Dock at the FS plant unloading it's first ever shipment of Urea. They will be used in a new system put in that will create DEF here in Havana. At full capacity they will be going through 1 barge a month. (Urea is used in SNCR and SCR reactions to reduce the NOx pollutants in exhaust gases from combustion from Diesel, dual fuel, and lean-burn natural gas engines. Trucks and cars using these catalytic converters need to carry a supply of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF, also known as AdBlue), a mixture of urea and water.)
[Note the ground pile is full on Feb 15, 2017.]
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I had noticed from the satellite image that this facility was unloading "brown stuff" into trucks. As a farm supply facility, they would handle dry fertilizer. A urea plant provides an even bigger market for the transloading facility. I captured a satellite image because it shows an excavator actively unloading a barge into a truck and several trucks queued up to unload corn. The barge will probably be filled with corn before it leaves.
Satellite

Another photo showing the ground pile being used.
Jack Turner Towing posted
The M/V Pat Pickett showing how big the M/V Kevin Michael [177' x 42'] really is while taking on fuel.
[The triple-screw M/V Dan Macmillan (190' x 54') is an even bigger towboat that has visited Havana.]

A video of potash fertilizer being unloaded.

This facility and the apparent abandoned facility is on the right.
Jack Tanner Towing posted
A chilly week on the river, hopefully next week is warmer!! [Jan 5, 2018]
[This also caught the elevator with a full ground pile.]



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