Grain elevator

A grain elevator is a machine which carries loose grain such as wheat to higher levels. It is used to get the grain into grain silos. Before grain elevators, the grain had to be carried in sacks. In some parts of the world such as Canada, the term grain elevator means more than just the lifting machine, and includes all the grain handling buildings.

Grain Elevator Media

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  The American Elevator and Grain Trade periodical front cover of 1904

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  Saskatchewan Wheat Pool No. 7, Thunder Bay, Ontario

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  The Port Perry mill and grain elevator, circa 1930: Built in 1873, it is the oldest grain elevator in Canada and remains a major landmark to this day. The line of the PW&PP Railway can be seen in the foreground.

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  Typical "wood-cribbed" design for grain elevators throughout Western Canada, a common design used from the early 1900s to mid-1980s: The former Ogilvie Flour Mill elevator in Wrentham, Alberta, was built in 1925.

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  A 1928 Burrus Elevator steel-reinforced concrete elevator with 123 silos shown just prior to demolition in 2004

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  Silos connected to a grain elevator on a farm in Israel

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  Corrugated-steel grain bins and cable-guyed grain elevator at a grain elevator in Hemingway, South Carolina

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  Old wooden cribbed grain elevator and livestock feedmill in Estherville, Iowa

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  These houses in Halifax, Nova Scotia were constructed in the 1990s long after the elevator had been constructed and are vulnerable due to their location. In the summer of 2003, an explosion at this elevator sparked a fire that took seven hours to extinguish.

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  Jump-formed concrete annex silos on the left and slip-formed concrete mainhouse at an elevator facility in Edon, Ohio