In 1945, William Osborn worked on Tillotson Construction’s elevator in Giddings, Texas

by baggyparagraphs

Map of Texas highlighting Lee CountyThis elevator at Giddings, Texas, called the Fairmont Building, is the only one I have pictures for that my grandfather built when he worked for Tillotson Construction Company of Omaha. It would have been built in 1944 and 1945, when my dad turned eleven years old. Dad went to visit my grandpa William Osborn at Galveston in the spring of 1945 during this project. — Kristen

Note: Nutrena bought Fairmont Foods’ plant in Giddings in 1955.

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2 comments on “In 1945, William Osborn worked on Tillotson Construction’s elevator in Giddings, Texas”

  1. Tillotson Construction’s Giddings, Texas, elevator rose by 10 feet per day but then disappeared entirely « Our Grandfathers' Grain Elevators says:
    September 8, 2012 at 4:28 am

    […] In 1945, William Osborn worked on Tillotson Construction’s elevator in Giddings, Texas […]

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  2. The 1945 vintage elevator at Lodgepole, Nebraska, and the death of Bill Morris « Our Grandfathers' Grain Elevators says:
    March 19, 2014 at 6:12 am

    […] in 1945, Bill Morris went from a superintendent job at a verified Tillotson Construction project in Giddings, Tex to a superintendent position at the Lodgepole elevator job, a project demonstrably not built by the […]

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