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Washburn Crosby Company Elevators No. 2 & 3, 900 & 1000 Second Avenue, South, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

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Washburn Crosby Company Elevators No. 2 & 3, 900 & 1000 Second Avenue, South, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

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Significance: It was designed and built with a large and innovative unloading and grain weighing facility for railroad boxcars. The large storage capacity allowed the parent company, Washburn Crosby (WCCO), to maintain an ever-expanding flour-milling operation at St. Anthony Falls in Minneapolis. Washburn Crosby was one of the world's largest milling firms and became the central unit in the formation of General Mills, Inc., in 1928...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N512
Survey number: HAER MN-92

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
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Location

Minneapolis (Minn.)44.97280, -93.27199
Google Map of 44.9728005, -93.2719894
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Library of Congress
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