Saginaw, MI: Grain Elevators and Second Largest Mural in US

Mural Elevator: (Satellite)

Viterra Elevator: (Satellite)

Gavilon Elevator: (Satellite)

Fertilizer: (Satellite)

13 On Your Side posted four photos with the comment:

It was once a gray eyesore. Now, it's home to the second largest mural in the United States.

Saginaw raised $50,000 to bring in a renowned street artist to their rusty, abandoned silo complex.

Check out the blight turned beauty here: https://www.wzzm13.com/.../69-a416c8c3-0904-4663-9054... 

📸: Michigan Arts and Culture Council

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Shine Bright Saginaw Mural Project posted

A NEW, CLEAR VIEW FROM THE YMCA: What’s the best place to view the Shine Bright towers? Up close, of course! But if you want to see them from a distance, we have good news. 

Today we worked with our friends at the Saginaw YMCA and the great folks at Heinz Tree Service & Landscaping – plus a little volunteer brush-clearing muscle - to create an unobstructed view from the YMCA’s outdoor pavilion to the silos. And when the sun shines in the morning, the reflection from the towers “paints” the Saginaw River to create a truly stunning view of our beautiful city. City of Saginaw Government

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A higher resolution copy of the "signature" photo.

wzzm13, Credit: Michigan Arts and Culture Council
Artist Okuda San Miguel created a mural out of abandoned Saginaw silos.

 

Steven baird posted
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Marino Lini posted five photos with the comment: "Thought this was interesting.  Not in use anymore.   Still has power!"

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I wonder what this plant used to make.

A "before" view:

Street View, Oct 2012

The Viterra elevator can do rail to freighter transloading. I wonder if it can handle salties.

Street View, Oct 2012

It is a big elevator.

Street View, May 2023

And across the river is fertilizer supply.

Street View, May 2023

I'm glad to find confirmation that the Gavilon Grain Elevator is rail served. But I don't understand why they would be getting just three hoppers. I went "one click" further to try to verify that the yellow thing on the left was a trackmobile, but the view goes back to Oct 2012. That is, the view below is where the May 2023 driver turned around.

Street View, May 2023

The fresh piles of material at Rock Products indicate that freighters do come upriver past the Viterra Grain Elevator.

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