Grain Elevator -- Danforth, IL

On the right is looking North of Jefferson Street in Danforth, IL, at the original building and a couple of concrete silos. Below is looking south at the rest of the complex.

The scale is next to the office. The rod at the end of the red bracket is a probe that is driven down into the grain using the hydraulic cylinder that supports the cross arm. There are holes at the end of the probe so that when they raise it, the probe is full of grain. That grain is taken into the office to measure "the test weight of the wheat, moisture, and content plus foreign material." (GRIT) A view to the Southeast corner of the CN/IC depot includes a good view of the first set of silos to the south.

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 To the right is a better view of the southern most silos. The original elevator for these silos would be in the tall building. The visible elevator would have been added when the grain dryer at its base was added. It is interesting that none of the elevators have fall protectors. The capacity of the complex is 500,000 bushels of corn and 250,000 bushels of soybeans. I asked why they didn't have any metal bins and the answer was that they thought the vibrations from passing trains would harm metal bins. So all of their expansions have been with concrete silos. The concrete elevator to the right is large for such a small town. And now they consider themselves land locked.

A looking-North view of the opposite corner of the depot and the original elevator.