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A silo (from Ancient Greek σιρός (sirós) 'pit for holding grain') is a structure for storing bulk materials. Silos are commonly used for bulk storage of grain, coal, cement, carbon black, woodchips, food products and sawdust. Three types of silos are in widespread use today: tower silos, bunker silos, and bag silos.
A grain elevator or grain terminal is a facility designed to stockpile or store grain. In the grain trade , the term "grain elevator" also describes a tower containing a bucket elevator or a pneumatic conveyor , which scoops up grain from a lower level and deposits it in a silo or other storage facility.
Underground grain storage was one of the main methods to preserve cereal early in the nineteenth century through some southeast European and Asiatic societies using “airtight” underground silos as an alternative for big bottle and jars that was used in the Mediterranean. Writing evidence appeared only in the 16th century.
Built in 1948 by the J.B. Hill Company, a supplier of hay, grain, seed, poultry and stock feed, the mill became one of the largest grain and feed processors in the state, according to city records.
Ancient Egyptian art depicting a worker filling a grain silo Ancient Roman grain. The grain trade is probably nearly as old as grain growing, going back the Neolithic Revolution (around 9,500 BCE). Wherever there is a scarcity of land (e.g. cities), people must bring in food from outside to sustain themselves, either by force or by trade.
The company was initially founded under the name Chore-Time Equipment in 1952, manufacturing poultry, egg and pig production equipment. In 1957, the sister company of Brock Grain Systems was founded, focusing on grain storage. Using the initials of both companies, the brands incorporated under the CTB name in 1976. [2] [3]
Silo Point, currently being reconstructed into a condominium from the former Baltimore and Ohio Locust Point Grain Terminal Elevator, one of the largest grain terminal elevators to be constructed in the early 20th century, with a capacity of 3.8 billion bushels in Baltimore, Maryland.
1939 - Jean Soufflet built the first grain silo on Quai Sarrail at Nogent-sur-Seine, where the Group is still based. 1946 - the family business became a limited liability company under the name Etablissements J. Soufflet. 1947 - farming modernised with the Marshall Plan and the construction of Europe took shape.