Midland, ON: Grain Elevators and Flour Plant

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Tales of RG30 and other railway collections posted

From the John Boyd photo collection at LAC, here we have a spectacular shot of the Tiffin No. 2 Elevator dated September 1915! Where is this you might ask? It once was operated by the Grand Trunk Railway and was located in Midland, Ontario!

Tiffin Grain Elevator, commonly known as Tiffin No.2 was constructed in 1907-08 by John S. Metcalf Company, Engineers and Constructors of Grain Elevators, Chicago and Montreal. It operated until 1990 and was demolished in 1997. Note: A longer piece on the elevator can be found here: http://archive.boatnerd.com/archivec/10-03/0000c925.htm

Learn more also here: https://huroniamuseum.com/museum-town/grain-elevators/

Bob Summers: Coal fired boiler and steam engines for power, before electric motors.

Andrew Elliott shared

Dennis DeBruler commented on Andrew's share

It looks like an interesting elevator is still standing. Does ADM Milling use it?

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The Grand Trunk Railway is now a trail.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Andrew's share

One advantage of grain elevators is that we can see them above the urban clutter.

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Barun Bakshi, Aug 2017

Street View

It appears the dock is still used for wintering a ship.

Roger Mak, Jan 2021

1 of 4 photos and of 3 boats posted by Connor Earl
[He also provided links to videos of the three boats: CSL Frontenac, CSL Whitefish Bay and CCGS Griffon.]

Fred Miller II posted
WILLOWGLEN and OAKGLEN in winter quarters at Midland, Ontario, 1988, the OAKGLEN didn't quite make it all the way up to the dock before getting stuck in the ice, you could follow her frozen track into the harbor.
Fred Miller II shared
John West: I remember those boats, hauled grain most of the time I believe

Jaroslaw Kalmuck posted
CSL Frontenac unloading its cargo at ADM Midland before leaving today for Fairport USA
Dennis DeBruler shared

Dennis DeBruler commented on his share
This elevator is a flour mill: https://maps.app.goo.gl/96VVEzz3uL8SPiBb6. I've noticed that Canada ships quite a bit of grain from its western farms to its eastern urban areas using freighters. Here is a screenshot that shows the whole freighter, https://youtu.be/6Yb6swjuPZ0?t=17.