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Wesley Peters
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Grain Elevator Photography Trip 2, North Dakota.
Pillsbury, Barnes County, ND.
Pillsbury Farmers Elevator Co. East headhouse built in 1954, Hogenson Construction Co. Bushel capacity unknown. Middle headhouse built in 1919, T. E. Ibberson Co. 85,000-bushel capacity. West headhouse built in unknown year. Bushel capacity unknown.
This complex was damaged by the derecho that went through the area in June 2025. As of my visit in July 2025 the complex was still standing, but its ultimate fate is unknown to me.
Photographed on 7/19/2025.
Photos courtesy of Wesley Peters.
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Even the little bins are rail served.
The railroad was owned by Great Northern.
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| 1967/69 Pillsbury Quad @ 24,000 |
Not only does BNSF still own this route, it has a wye so that it can turn the locomotives.
Actually, the wye feeds a loop track for a big green-field grain elevator that should be able to load unit trains.
I presume the long building on the right holds fertilizer. Note the white cover in the middle for a ground pile even though they have a lot of bins for storage. I think the six white bins on the left side of this view store seed.
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ArthurCompanies
1957: "First ND retailer to apply bulk ammonium-nitrate fertilizer."
1960: "Builds North Dakota's first retail bulk-fertilizer plant, anchoring a full-service agronomy arm." |
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