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Canadian Prairie grain elevators were the subjects of the National Film Board of Canada documentaries Grain Elevator [41] and Death of a Skyline. [42] During the sixth season of the History Channel series Ax Men, one of the featured crews takes on the job of dismantling the Globe Elevator in Wisconsin. This structure was the largest grain ...
The Peavey–Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator is the world's first known cylindrical concrete grain elevator. It was built from 1899 to 1900 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, United States, as an experiment to prove the design was viable. It was an improvement on wooden elevators that were continually at risk of catching fire or even ...
The elevator was located on the City Ship Canal and at the time of its completion in 1897, the elevator was the world's largest. [1] The elevator was the first to employ cylindrical steel bins for grain storage, and also one of the first to run on electricity. [2]
Marine A grain elevator, also part of the "elevator alley" and across from the Lake & Rail Grain Elevator. The Standard Elevator , was named after the Standard Milling Company and built in 1926. Wollenberg Grain and Seed Elevator , wooden "country style" elevator formerly located in Buffalo, New York; destroyed by fire in October 2006.
The Saint Paul Municipal Grain Terminal is a six-story grain elevator also known as the head house and sack house, and sits on piers over the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It was built between 1927 and 1931 as part of the Equity Cooperative Exchange and is a remnant of Saint Paul's early history as a Mississippi ...
The conception of the grain elevator in Buffalo made it what was believed to be the largest grain trading port in the world, [19] a feat it achieved prior to the American Civil War. [10] The grain elevator Dart introduced to Buffalo helped it progress from a small village to among the most prosperous during the 19th century. [20]
The Inglis elevator row is a row of five wooden grain elevators located alongside the former Canadian Pacific Railway track bed, in the village of Inglis, Manitoba, Canada. Because so many traditional country elevators have been demolished throughout Western Canada , the Inglis elevator row preserves rare examples of a formerly common sight ...
The Seneca Grain Elevator is the oldest remaining grain elevator along the banks of the Illinois-Michigan Canal, a U.S. National Historic Landmark District. It is historically significant in a local context commercially and in attracting the railroad to Seneca. On a broader level, it illustrates the economic importance of the Illinois-Michigan ...