Here’s a familiar landmark to motorists and boaters passing through Huron on Route 6 in the 1960s: the old Agway silos and plant on the river.
The photo and caption ran in the Journal on November 19, 1971.
Pillsbury had just recently purchased the Agway grain mill, and eventually the familiar blue Pillsbury logo adorned the structure. According to the Huron Historical Society, Pillsbury used the property "as a Great Lakes and international grain shipping terminal.”
I remember thinking how neat it was that a big, well-known company like Pillsbury (home of the chubby Doughboy from the TV commercials) had operations in Huron.
ConAgra Foods eventually acquired the facility in the late 1980s. It was closed around mid-2006 and the property was donated by the company to the State of Ohio for redevelopment.
Demolition of the iconic buildings began in January 2012.
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| A vintage view (Courtesy OhioMemory.org) |
