Feed Mill: (Satellite)
POET: (Satellite)
CN now owns this C&NW branch from Ida Grove Junction with the former IC route.
Wesley Peters posted four photos with the comment:
Feed mill:
I had to zoom out to find the elevator on the left side of Photo 3 above. Notice all of the tank cars stored in their railyard. It is an ethanol plant.
The elevator on the left is the old elevator. The elevator on the right looks like a feed mill.
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| Street View, Sep 2021 |
Wesley Peters posted four photos with the comment:
Revisiting Arthur, Ida County, IA.Shotwell Manufacturing Co. Built in 1916, No contractor mentioned. The construction supervisor was B. Sampson. 1,750,000 pounds of popcorn could be stored in this complex.Believed to be the second oldest concrete elevator in the state behind the Cannon, Haase & Metcalf Elevator (1907) at Granville, IA. [The only concrete silos I found in Granville did look that old.]Photographed on 4/21/2026.Photos courtesy of Wesley Peters.
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Feed mill:
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| Street View, Aug 2025 |
I had to zoom out to find the elevator on the left side of Photo 3 above. Notice all of the tank cars stored in their railyard. It is an ethanol plant.
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| Street View, Aug 2025 |
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| Michael Wilhelmi, Sep 2020 |
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| POET "This state-of-the-art bioethanol production facility produces 132 million gallons of bioethanol annually." |









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