Grain Elevator along C&WI in Lake Calumet Area

(Satellite, just the newest silos of the elevator still remain)

MWRD posted
Historical photo of the week: An elevating grader removes topsoil during the beginning of excavation for the MWRD Calumet treatment plant in Chicago near 123rd St. on the north side of the facility site on Nov. 18, 1920.

Melissa Carrillo shared

Erik Gilmore commented on the post
It looks like a few of those silos survived.
Dennis DeBruler So that elevator was served by the CW&I, not Lake Calumet. https://www.google.com/.../@41.6705336,-87.../data=!3m1!1e3 Now that I think about it, the MWRD photo shows the elevator was built before 1920 whereas the Illinois Waterway was not built until the 1930s. This demonstrates the economy of bulk shipment by barge because the grain elevators moved from railroad access to waterway access.

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Some context for that area.

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

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