Abandoned Concrete Grain Elevator
Posted by: brwhiz
N 37° 23.554 W 097° 16.637
14S E 652495 N 4139814
This abandoned Grain Elevator is located behind the self-storage building at 437 N Washington Street in Belle Plaine, Kansas.
Waymark Code: WMGAFP
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 02/05/2013
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This style of grain elevator is very seldom seen. It is cast-in-place concrete like the second generation concrete cylindrical type but built in the rectangular form of the first generation wood-frame and corrugated metal elevators. These elevators were probably early experiments with cast-in-place elevator construction but they probably found that the cylindrical type could be built larger, faster, easier, and cheaper than the boxy style.
Currently used as a grain elevator: no
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