Ceresota Building

The Ceresota Elevator stored grain for use in the Crown and Standard flour mills.

A moveable "tripper" removed the grain from the conveyor and dropped it through a hole in the floor to the appropriate bin.

The grain was weighed and sent to an outside overhead conveyor bridge from the head house to the Crown or Standard Mill.

The elevator ran on electricity, probably from the Crown Mill boiler plant addition.

Elements of the project were: Before the work above, the buildings were documented to Historic American Engineering Record standards.

older photo showing the whole elevator
Possibly the largest grain elevator ever built of brick , Elevator A could hold one million bushels of grain. [ 1 ]
contemporary photo from the other side
Front of the building
Industrial wasteland with Ceresota elevator at left, North Star Woolen Mill center, Washburn A Mill at right, Utility building to its left (HAER 1986)
On the head house floor above the bins a conveyor runs through a "tripper" which removes the grain and drops it through a hole in the floor to the appropriate bin. (HAER 1986)
Basement below the bins, grain empties from a bin through a rectangular spout onto a conveyor on the way to the mills; round ducts and pans are dust collectors. (HAER 1986)