Monday, January 28, 2013

Fruen/ConAgra Foods Mill



"Fruen Mill started grinding grain by water power on Bassett’s Creek in 1894. The original workshop was built in 1872 - William H. Fruen originally manufactured screws and waterwheel governors in his workshop, which burned with the original mill in 1920.  A more modern cereal mill powered by diesel (1916) survived the fire. The structures in the video above were mostly built after 1920.  The Fruen company was the first manufacturer of table cereals (Pettijohn Breakfast food) in Minneapolis. The milling company was sold to ConAgra in 1971."- http://tinyurl.com/awww6ed





























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