Concrete grain elevator with silos and Union Pacific boxcar – Antique Wall Art
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Concrete grain elevator with silos and Union Pacific boxcar comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Concrete grain elevator with silos and Union Pacific boxcar
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Concrete grain elevators like the one in this picture were a common sight along railroad lines across the Great Plains and Midwest, where farmers hauled wheat, corn and other grain to local towns for storage and shipment. The tall silos and workhouse rise beside a Union Pacific boxcar, showing how the elevator depended on the railroad to move its harvest to distant mills and markets. Such structures were built to replace older wooden elevators, which were prone to fire and rot, and concrete gave them greater durability. Notice how the rail siding runs right up to the building, the physical link between the farm economy and the line that carried it.
| Original scan | 3,899 × 5,516 px · prints to 13 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1a34213u Grain elevator, Caldwell, Idah |
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