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You just know there has to be some interesting vertical transportation equipment
in some of these buildings...for personnel as well as grain.

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AMD Y and Z grain elevators - Enid, Oklahoma USA - Image 1
Rumored to be the largest grain elevators in the world...at one time. (See DeBruce grain elevator below)
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Nanton Grain Elevators - Alberta, Canada - Image 2
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Princeton, Nebraska USA - Image 3
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United Grain Growers Elevator - Canada - Image 4
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Santa Fe Railroad Grain Elevator - Chicago, Illinois USA - Image 5
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Kinsley, Kansas USA - Image 7
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Alton, Illinois USA - Image 8
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Nobleford Elevator - Alberta, Canada - Image 10
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Anthony Co-Op Grain Elevator - Anthony, Kansas USA - Image 12
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Binger, Oklahoma USA - Image 13
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Greensburg, Indiana USA - Image 15
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Rosedale Alberta, Canada - Image 17
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Canada - Image 18
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Davidson, Saskatchewan Canada - Image 19
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Hopeton, Oklahoma USA - Image 21
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Hämeenlinna, Finland - Image 22
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Graham, Texas USA - Image 23
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The dilapidated structure on the right moves from silo to silo to load or empty it.
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The dilapidated structure on the right moves from silo to silo to load or empty it.
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Moosomin, Saskatchewan Canada - Image 26
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Plainview, Texas USA - Image 28
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The DeBruce Grain elevator near Wichita, Kansas USA - Images 34 & 35
One hour after a deadly explosion on June 8, 1998
Images and the following description of the explosion provided by: The U.S. Department of Labor

Elevator Description - Reported in Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest grain elevator, the DeBruce Grain elevator was located approximately 4 miles southwest of Wichita, Kansas. Its storage capacity was 20.7 million bushels. Were the elevator to store wheat exclusively, it could have supplied the wheat for all the bread consumed in the United States for nearly six weeks.

The elevator complex at the time of the explosion consisted of 246 circular grain silos (often also referred to as tanks or bins) that were 30' in diameter and 120' in height, arranged in a linear array of 3 silos abreast. The 164 star-shaped spaces between the circular silos were also used for grain storage and are known as interstice silos. There were therefore a total of 310 grain storage silos in the elevator.

Located midway between these 310 grain storage silos - and separating them into a north array and a south array - was a headhouse 216.5 feet high from its basement floor, standing 197 feet above ground. It was 42' square in cross-section and housed four elevator legs as well as facilities to weigh and distribute grain into selected silos. The overall length of the elevator - headhouse and silos - was 2,717 feet, well over one-half mile long.

You can find more information about this explosion at The U.S. Department of Labor - Explosion of DeBruce Grain Elevator

More grain elevator images and information can be found at:

The Country Grain Elevator Historical Society
Concrete Grain Elevators (beautiful black and white images)
Agricore United Brochure - The Operation Of A Grain Elevator
Kevin Connolly's Photo Gallery of Grain Elevators in Canada
How a grain elevator works
GrainElevators.ca (1000's of images!)

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