Old Wood Grain Bins

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A couple old wood grain bins, found in St George, Kansas. Built in the 1920s. Kind of a cool old find! All decked out for the 4th of July.
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Biff, I can’t find anywhere documenting that they are still being used & they didn’t appear to be when we were there. According to one article, a history of St George, they report these as the last remaining wooden “silos” in Kansas. I believe there are some old wooden elevators still standing, I highly doubt in use, but I haven’t seen any others of this nature. So they’re pretty unique. We have found a few more of the tile grain elevators in Kansas & another in Oklahoma that I posted a picture of a few weeks ago. As I have researched a bit more on those, they are fairly rare, but there are some still standing & one we found in Eudora, about 30 miles east of where we live, supposedly is being still used for storage of some kind, but when we saw it a couple of weeks ago, I don’t know how & no one was around to ask. Interesting structures, at least I think so. Thanks. Bill
 
Biff, I can’t find anywhere documenting that they are still being used & they didn’t appear to be when we were there. According to one article, a history of St George, they report these as the last remaining wooden “silos” in Kansas. I believe there are some old wooden elevators still standing, I highly doubt in use, but I haven’t seen any others of this nature. So they’re pretty unique. We have found a few more of the tile grain elevators in Kansas & another in Oklahoma that I posted a picture of a few weeks ago. As I have researched a bit more on those, they are fairly rare, but there are some still standing & one we found in Eudora, about 30 miles east of where we live, supposedly is being still used for storage of some kind, but when we saw it a couple of weeks ago, I don’t know how & no one was around to ask. Interesting structures, at least I think so. Thanks. Bill
Bill I found this silo while scouting around northeast Washington a few years back. I really find these old-school wooden farm structures fascinating!
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Biff, that one is outstanding! From the looks of the concrete pad, it still in service of some kind? Really nice.
Biff, I’m not the brightest when it comes to some of this stuff, but are the red “trim” pieces and the wood “trim” pieces functional or just cosmetic? That structure seems to be in outstanding condition. Quite the find.
 
Biff, I’m not the brightest when it comes to some of this stuff, but are the red “trim” pieces and the wood “trim” pieces functional or just cosmetic? That structure seems to be in outstanding condition. Quite the find.

Not sure if the trim had any structural significance, but the rest of the structure was very solid. The timber was very large and in good shape, the very dry weather in that area probably accounted for the longevity of these structures.... I have come across old abandoned barns and farmhouses that have got to be in excess of 100 years old, that still seemed to be capable of many more years of life.
 
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