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Beans Bunny

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Grain Elevators .

Today is Groundhog’s Day. I don’t know about a rodent predicting the weather and have never seen a groundhog. I live in Saginaw and I am familiar with a popular bunny in the Steering City.  The BEANS bunny has become an unofficial symbol of the city. Along the Saginaw River, the Michigan Bean Co. elevator was the largest bean elevator in the United States. They sold Jackrabbit Beans and had an enormous neon sign mounted on top of the elevator to promote their beans. It has been a while since the old sign has illuminated the skyline in Saginaw, but maybe one day it will shine brightly in the night sky.

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Phelps Bros Mill

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Grain Elevators .

One of the first photos I posted on my website was of this old grain mill in Manton north of Cadillac. I posted it back in 2013 and it is nice to see that it is still standing. The hand-painted mural was even repainted. As time goes by some of the places I have posted about are gone. It’s nice to get back to where I started. It is like seeing an old friend.

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Linden Mills

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Grain Elevators .

It’s hard to miss the Linden Mills standing tall next to the Shiawassee River. It’s located in, you guessed it, Linden. It milled grain and lumber for over a century and now it’s used as a library and museum.

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The Carland Elevator

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in autumn, Grain Elevators .

Northwest of Owosso this old grain elevator stands quietly along the railroad tracks in the small town of Carland. I don’t have a story to go with it, I just like the way it looks with the hand pained sign on the front of it.

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The Old Mill in New Troy

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Forgotten Places, Grain Elevators .

This old mill sits near the Galien River just outside of the town of New Troy. The town was going to be called Troy but that name was already given to a town a few miles to the west. It was given the name New Troy. The other town eventually changed its name to Sayer to honor the man who built a nearby sawmill.

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The Old Grain Elevator

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Grain Elevators .

I saw this old grain elevator in the southeastern Michigan town of New Haven. I don’t have a story to go with it. I just like the pic. Thank you all for taking the time to read and share my posts. I really appreciate all the love and support I get from you. I hope you have a great week.

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The Old Building in Eau Clair

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Grain Elevators, small towns .

This old building with the peeling red paint stands in the center of Eau Claire. I am not sure what it is or was but I am thinking some sort of granary. The name of the town is French for “clear water” and is named after a nearby spring.

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The Revelation Inside the Old Mill

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Forgotten Places, Grain Elevators .

North of Glen Arbor in the Leelanau Penisula is an old grist mill that sits along the Crystal River. It looks like many other hundred-year-old mills used for grinding grain, but this one has a unique story to tell. Long after it stopped grinding grain into flour during the 1970s it was turned into a world-class recording studio. You would have never guessed it from driving past this old forgotten structure. I just assumed it was and always has been a mill, but besides grinding flour it was cranking ou the tunes.

It was going to be turned into an arts and crafts center, but the plans fell through and architect Fred Ball ended up with the building. He decided to turn it into a recording studio calling it the Glen Arbor Roller Mills Recording Studio. He spared no expense purchasing state of the art 16 track quadraphonic soundboard and the latest equipment. Acclaimed audio engineer Bill Porter, who was instrumental in shaping the “Nashville Sound” and worked with Elvis along with other big named artist learned about the project. Porter helped with getting the studio set up and had engineer George Augspurger who worked on Los Angeles’s Village Recorder Studios help with the new studio in Glen Arbor.

I could find a lot of information about the equipment in the studio, but what I could not find is a list or any artists that recorded in the historic old mill. I imagine being secluded in northern Michigan in the 1970s it was difficult for artists to travel to it and had a relatively short life as a recording studio. A small sign is posted on the mill’s porch for a nearby resort called the Homestead, so I assume they own the historic building and have plans for the future, but I am thinking it will probably not be a recording studio.

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Chittenden Elevator

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Grain Elevators .

I saw this old grain elevator in the town of Grant. the sign on the side reads Chittenden Elevator, other than that I don’t know anything about it. Most small towns and even large cities in Michigan have a grain elevator and I like taking pics of them. No fascinating history or insightful thoughts I just like to keep my posts random and I liked this pic so I figured I would post it.

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Six Lakes Grain Elevator

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Grain Elevators .

Most every town in Michigan has or had a grain elevator. In many small towns, it’s the tallest structure in the community. I like to take photos of the old grain elevators even though I am a city boy and know very little about their operation. I took a photo of this elevator in the town of Six Lakes. The town was named after the nearby lakes, and you probably guess correctly that there are six of them.

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