Colorado Plains Elevator

Another grain elevator ends up on paper. It's still used at harvest time . The quantity of grain that can be handled has been vastly expanded by the six large cylinders that flank and back-up the original building. It's typical to see an old elevator next to more modern structures, including large concrete silos. The new structures dwarf the original, whose function is altered from grain storage to equipment housing. A lot of scrap steel will be available when this early expansion is eventually replaced by a concrete one. Of course, that's true only if the price per ton makes salvage feasible. Otherwise, it will just sit there, oxidizing.