| The Gavilon Grain, LLC, Connors Point Terminal, Superior, WI, capacity 8 million bushels, as seen from the Vista Star during Vista Fleet's Grand Sightseeing Tour of the Duluth & Superior Harbor at Duluth, MN on 25 Jun. '16. The elevator was built by the C&NW on the site of the former Northern Coal & Dock Co. It was completed in 1966, leased and operated by Continental Grain Co. The oddly shaped building on the right was built by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. ca. '10 to store Anthracite coal at their dock, it was converted for grain storage after the elevator was built. The facility was acquired by the Peavey Co., a subsidiary of ConAgra Foods, Inc., in '86. ConAgra sold it to Ospraie Management, LLC, in '08; Gavilon Grain, LLC, is a subsidiary of Ospraie. After running it into the red, Ospraie sold Gavilon to a Japanese company, Marubeni Corp., in '13. The facility is serviced by BNSF. Additional information about the harbor cruise can be found at http://www.vistafleet.com/. |