Interesting, but un-modeled industries

[steinjr]

Do you have any photographs of these unique industries Wayne? The Cigarette factory and Tannery would be interesting to see.

The Library of Congress HABS/HAER (Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Records) has quite a few interesting sets of pictures, descriptions and plans/drawing of various industries.

Home page: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/...jectA.html

There are also other interesting photo archives available on the net - e.g. the Minnesota Historical Society's Visual Records Database at URL http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/

I did a quick search for "factory" and "plant" between 1930 and 1970, and a quick scan yielded at least these potensially interesting industries:

Beet Sugar Factory: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...geid=16217
Tractor Factory: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...eid=197294
Roofing plant: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...geid=76841
Boiler and Manufacturing plant: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...eid=144070
Bottling Plant: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...geid=75696
Wood conversion plant: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...eid=174278
Granite Finishing plant: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...geid=73923

Edit 12-25 - here is a bunch of other industries that looks fairly modelgenic:
Rilco Plant, Albert Lea, MN: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...eid=173383
(No idea what they made, but they have an interesting track arrangement)
Redi-Mix Plant, Willmar, MN: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...eid=150974
Mr Richards Plant, Savage, MN: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...eid=151238
Turkey Plant, Melrose, MN: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...eid=151400
Power Plant, Austin, MN: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...eid=151507
Packing Plant, Worthington, MN: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...eid=151919
Power Plant and Elevators, Worthington, MN: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...eid=151976
Alfalfa Plant, Luverne, MN: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...eid=152018
Seed Corn Plant, Dassel, MN: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...eid=152704
Chicken Canning Plant, Butterfield, MN: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...eid=152998
Boat Manufacturing Plant, Mora, MN: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...eid=153986
Fertilizer Plant, Fergus Falls, MN: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...eid=154518
Mixed industries, Fergus Falls, MN: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...eid=154521

I made a design based on the last one once:


Anyways - have a nice Christmas!

Grin,
Stein