Great Northern grain elevator damaged by Buffalo windstorm
By Mark Sommer
News Staff Reporter
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Wind caused damage to the north wall of the grain elevator, owned by ADM Milling Co., a division of commodities giant Archers Daniel Midland at 250 Ganson St., opened for business in 1897 and was last used in 1981. It sits next to a flour mill that was added later and is still in operation.
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The locally landmarked Great Northern grain elevator suffered damage from a Dec. 11 windstorm.
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Wind caused damage to the north wall of the grain elevator, owned by ADM Milling Co., a division of commodities giant Archers Daniel Midland at 250 Ganson St., opened for business in 1897 and was last used in 1981. It sits next to a flour mill that was added later and is still in operation.
The Brown administration is planning a drone inspection Monday to evaluate damage done to the historic Great Northern grain elevator after powerful winds Saturday tore a large hole in the northern wall, knocking out a significant part of the flat brick shell that covers the building's steel bins.
Grain elevators, including the Great Northern (center right), which was the largest in the world when it was built in 1897, fill the skyline at the end of Michigan Street near the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino. Photo taken May 31, 2020.
The City of Buffalo shared video of the damage caused by the windstorm on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. In the clip, Department of Public Works deputy commissioner Andy Rabb speaks on the cleanup of a tree that toppled on two houses on Lakeview Avenue in Buffalo. Main still photo taken by Mark Mulville/Buffalo News.
One day after a State Supreme Court justice encouraged a settlement over the fate of the historic – but damaged – Great Northern grain elevato…
Wind caused damage to the north wall of the grain elevator, owned by ADM Milling Co., a division of commodities giant Archers Daniel Midland at 250 Ganson St., opened for business in 1897 and was last used in 1981. It sits next to a flour mill that was added later and is still in operation.
Grain elevators, including the Great Northern (center right), which was the largest in the world when it was built in 1897, fill the skyline at the end of Michigan Street near the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino. Photo taken May 31, 2020.
Wind caused damage to the north wall of the grain elevator, owned by ADM Milling Co., a division of commodities giant Archers Daniel Midland at 250 Ganson St., opened for business in 1897 and was last used in 1981. It sits next to a flour mill that was added later and is still in operation.
