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Title: Penick & Ford, Ltd., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Penford Corporation, Penford Food Ingredients, Cedar River, Red Cedar River
Description: Looking north at the Penick & Ford plant. In 1902, Walter Douglas and his brother George founded the Douglas Starchworks, at the time the largest starch factory west of the Mississippi. The Starchworks plant was destroyed by fire in 1919 and Penick and Ford purchased the company, rebuilt a larger plant, and resumed operations in 1921. It was later named Penford Food Ingredients, a division of Penford Corporation. Number 2B-H539.
Date Created: 1942
PID: grinnell:13536