Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Stronghurst, IL: Grain Elevator

(Satellite)

Steve Biever posted
Eastbound at Stronghurst. Sept. 17, 2025.

It amazes me how large some grain elevators are even though they don't have any rail service. This image is tall because I included all of the shadow for the north bin.
Satellite

While trying to determine if the building on the right in this view was the Santa Fe depot, I noticed what looks like a feed mill just to the left of that building in the far background.
Street View, Jul 2025

So I checked it out.
Street View, Jul 2025

Google Maps labels this as Ideal Ready Mix, but this facility looks like a feed mill. In fact, the yellow sign on the door reads "Alpha Feed Mill." A ready-mix concrete supplier would have piles of material laying around. 
Street View, Jul 2025

A view of the north end of the main elevator.
Street View, Jul 2025

The big bin on the right of the above view is distorted. So this is a more realistic view of those two bins. I wonder how many bushels those bins can hold.
Street View, Jul 2025

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