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MAY x JUN, 1985 Page 59 THE CALUMET A LITTLE RIVER WITH A BIG JOB BOB JO yi HNSON Part 2 Steel production has always been highly visible in the Calumet area, but coal, limestone and other bulk commodities figure heavily. Grain is of major importance; there were elevators at 92nd Street bridge, between the Skyway and the infamous Five Bridges, south of 100th Street, Irondale Elevator at 106th Street and Cargill Elevator across the river from the south end of the Republic Steel property. Built as Northwestern Ele- vator, that one lost its distinction as the world's largest when a gigantic elevator was erected in Kansas. When the vestige of Lake Calumet was under development as a Seaway har- Continental "A" Elevator burning fiercely in January, 1957. Blazing frame struc- ture created enough light that one could read a newspaper by it a half mile away. Author's Collection