Postcard
Great Northern Elevator "S" Annex
Text on front reads: "Great Northern Elevator, Superior, Wis." The steel and reinforced concrete grain elevator was built by the Great Northern Railroad in Superior in 1898. At the time it was the largest grain elevator in the world and is still in use today. |
Image ID: | 150100 |
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Creation Date: | after 1907 |
Creator Name: | E.C. Kropp Co. |
City: | Superior |
County: | Douglas |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Wisconsin postcard collection, circa 1860s?-circa 1990s |
Genre: | Postcard |
Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
Original Format Number: | PH 2744 |
Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.5 inches |
Divided back. 1¢ stamp. #957. |
Grain elevators |
Signs and signboards |
Railroad cars |
Railroad tracks |
Fields (Agriculture) |
Chimneys |
Cities and towns |
Industrial buildings |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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