Category Archives: Factory
- November 26, 2009
- Purina “Chow Plant”– also posted in Industrial, Mills, Warehouses
Purina Mills, Inc. is the largest manufacturer of animal feed products in the United States, producing more than five million tons of feed each year. Through its 50 feed mills, the company produces thousands of feed formulations specially designed for various types of animals, including beef and dairy cattle, goats, horses, sheep, pigs, poultry, pets, [...]
- November 20, 2009
- Pillsbury “A” Mill– also posted in Industrial, Mills
In 1879, after five years of secret planning, Charles Alfred Pillsbury announced to the public that he would build the largest and most advanced mill the world had ever seen. He had traveled to mills all over the world, searching for the best technique for milling flour on a large scale. Despite the convention of [...]
- November 6, 2009
- ADM Mill Part 1 & 2– also posted in Industrial, Mills
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) is one of the world’s leading processors and distributors of agricultural products for food and animal feed, with additional operations in transportation and storage of such products. Its principal operations are in the processing of soybeans, corn, and wheat, the three largest crops in the United States. ADM also processes cocoa beans, [...]
- November 6, 2009
- Silgan Containers– also posted in Industrial, Manufactoring, Warehouses
The old Silgan Containers factory is a sprawling heavy manufacturing complex covering eight acres on ——— just north of ———- Ave in St. Paul. The oldest building dates to 1889, and by 1926 4 more additions increased the floor space to 150,000 square feet. Three more expansions in the mid fifties added another 300,000 square [...]
