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Item Title
Quaker Oats Cereal Factory, Southeast corner of Broadway & Mill Streets, Akron, Summit County, OH
LocationSoutheast corner of Broadway & Mill Streets,
Akron, OH
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER OH-17
Significance: The Quaker Oats Cereal Factory is the last remaining industrial mill and grain storage complex in Akron. This facility at this location dates back to the beginning of milling and cereal production in the City.
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. Aerial photograph of the Quaker Oats Cereal Factory looking east to west. Structures included in this complex situated on the east side of Broadway Street between Bowery Street and Mill Street range in date of original use from 1886 to 1940.
2. Aerial photograph of the Quaker Oats Cereal Factory looking west to east. Structures included in this complex situated on the east side of Broadway Street between Bowery Street and Mill Street range in date of original use from 1886 to 1940.
3. A general elevation view looking west highlights the Elevator and Silo Complex C, commonly known as the 'Landmark' (1940).
4. An interior view of remaining duct system and grain separating equipment is situated within the 'Landmark' (1940) in the section above the silo portion of the structure.
5. This is a detailed interior view of a mechanical blower fan mechanism utilized to lift the raw grain to the upper levels of the 'Landmark' Elevator (1940) through a system of connecting ducts.
6. This is an elevation view of the upper grain conveyor bridge (1940) connecting the 'Landmark' with Elevator and Silo Complex B.
7. An interior view of the upper grain conveyor bridge. The conveyors which were situated toward the center of the enclosed bridge corridor had been removed several years earlier.
20. An elevation view of the north side of the southern portion of the upper grain conveyor system on Elevator and Silo Complex B (1932).
21. A general interior view of the Upper grain conveyor system enclosure for Elevator and Silo Complex B (1932).
22. A close-up interior view of the duct work and mechanical equipment used in the delivery of the grain to the upper level grain conveyor system for Elevator and Silo Complex B (1932).
23. A detailed interior view of the duct and delivery equipment situated in the upper grain conveyor structure of Elevator and Silo Complex B (1932).
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