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Railroad grain terminal in Hope, Minnesota. 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.
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 bucket elevator is the enabling technology that permitted the construction of grain elevators. A diverter at the top of the elevator allows the grain to be sent to the chosen bin. A similar device with flat steps is occasionally used as an elevator for humans, e.g. for employees in parking garages.
Defunct elevator in Merrinee, Victoria, Australia. A grain elevator in Nebraska, June 2015. Silos are hazardous, and people are killed or injured every year in the process of filling and maintaining them. [14] The machinery used is dangerous, and workers can fall from a tower silo's ladder or work platform. Several fires have occurred over the ...
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 ]
In a move that will enable the company to reinvest in its U.S. grain business, Minnetonka-based Cargill is selling a group of elevators in five states to Inver Grove Heights-based CHS Inc. Cargill ...
Grain entrapment, or grain engulfment, occurs when a person becomes submerged in grain and cannot get out without assistance. It most frequently occurs in grain bins and other storage facilities such as silos or grain elevators , or in grain transportation vehicles, but has also been known to occur around any large quantity of grain, even ...
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