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The history of the bakery begins in the early 1900's. The plant was originally built right next to tracks as a coal distribution facility. As the plant was first getting into production, a man by the name of Lionel A. Pile started a small bakery. His four sons entered the business in the 20’s and 30’s, and expanded the business into the suburbs opening two shops. Due to their growing business they bought an old coal plant turned bakery. In 1952, it started a catering division for large gatherings. By 1973 the bakery had annual sales of $12 million with 1,000 employees. In the 1980's, it had 28 separate branch stores, 14 supermarket units, 6 outlets in May Co. stores, and 3 surplus-thrift outlets. It was one of the biggest bakeries in the state. Every one bought baked goods from here. The rich and the poor, the young and the old. But the bakery started having issues in the 80’s. They had been making things the same way they had when they started. They began to steadily lose money. In 1990, they were bought out and were still losing money. In 1992, they filed for bankruptcy and the 32 remaining stores closed without notice. The bakery had its own printing plant on the top floor of the back building, and there are still multiple boxes of unused baked good boxes. There was a surprising amount left. After the bakery closed, they put a bar, a night club, and a restaurant in. it also became a bottling plant and has many labels left behind on rolls. Well, here's some old pictures first.
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here's the modern ones.
 Facade of bakery by indianola309, on Flickr
 side of bakery by indianola309, on Flickr
 side view showing overgrowth by indianola309, on Flickr
 forklift lying in rubble by indianola309, on Flickr
 overview of bottling area by indianola309, on Flickr
 original bakery floor by indianola309, on Flickr
 dead potted plant by indianola309, on Flickr
 closer view of rubble by indianola309, on Flickr
 display case stored here when closed by indianola309, on Flickr
 view of furniture left by indianola309, on Flickr
 dusty recliner by indianola309, on Flickr
 hallway with workbench and oven by indianola309, on Flickr
 view of offices with hole in roof by indianola309, on Flickr
 side view of bottling machine by indianola309, on Flickr
 hot sauce labels left behind by indianola309, on Flickr
 front view of machine by indianola309, on Flickr
 chair in front of window by indianola309, on Flickr
 pathway to main building by indianola309, on Flickr
 storage room by indianola309, on Flickr
 door to no where by indianola309, on Flickr
 shelf in storage room by indianola309, on Flickr
 antique freezer by indianola309, on Flickr
 kitchen area by indianola309, on Flickr
 inside freezer looking at kitchen by indianola309, on Flickr
 pathway to printing press building by indianola309, on Flickr
 unbroken mirror by indianola309, on Flickr
 chair lying on table by indianola309, on Flickr
 chair in the middle of the nightclub by indianola309, on Flickr
 bench in nightclub by indianola309, on Flickr
 bench with trees by indianola309, on Flickr
 disgusting pool table by indianola309, on Flickr
 hole in roof in bar area by indianola309, on Flickr
 broken cd/45 jukebox by indianola309, on Flickr
 the party's over by indianola309, on Flickr
 wooden bar by indianola309, on Flickr
 another collapsed bar by indianola309, on Flickr
 old cash register in storage room by indianola309, on Flickr
 beer poster in alcohol storage room by indianola309, on Flickr
 office in shipping/receiving by indianola309, on Flickr
 fixins bar by indianola309, on Flickr
 burnt-out fry trailer by indianola309, on Flickr
 high chairs in printing room by indianola309, on Flickr
 old sign in printing room by indianola309, on Flickr
 outside with original 1800's horse stable by indianola309, on Flickr
 pinball machine in random storage room by indianola309, on Flickr
hope you enjoyed the pics. i thought this place was coo. maybe you will too.
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Great work man - love the historical photos and the write up....
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Posted by Mr. Bitey
Great work man - love the historical photos and the write up....
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thank you very much. i'm going to keep posting them in this formation. it takes a while though.
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Awesome post! Love to see the old black and white photos for historical context.
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Posted by shadeblanco
Awesome post! Love to see the old black and white photos for historical context.
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Seconded, it definitely adds something to be able to see it in it's prime contrasted against it's current state. Great work!
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Great post! So many pictures, and the b&w ones were cool to see too. Among others, that pinball machine looked like a really cool find.
I bet it took forever to write that whole thing, but definitely keep doing it!
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Cool spot.
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Cool thread!
The historic photos always add an awesomely nice touch.
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