tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458995441204559691.post5240338884485526073..comments2024-03-27T22:20:30.346-06:00Comments on The view from here: Feudal, Saskatchewan July 1, 2017BWBandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15435259893321037788noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458995441204559691.post-19800178704263143712017-07-16T07:06:12.464-06:002017-07-16T07:06:12.464-06:00Grain dust is definitely explosive. I am sure I on...Grain dust is definitely explosive. I am sure I once read, and I cannot find any reference to it, that grain elevators had a design and certain shape to vent an explosion upwards. BWBandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15435259893321037788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458995441204559691.post-56064213488926239332017-07-15T09:59:32.871-06:002017-07-15T09:59:32.871-06:00Dust is a constant problem in grain elevators. Man...Dust is a constant problem in grain elevators. Many wooden grain elevators were retrofitted with dust collectors to help control the problem.Canadian Train Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458995441204559691.post-32272754082781396242017-07-15T07:26:33.675-06:002017-07-15T07:26:33.675-06:00When I was a kid I had a friend whose grandfather ...When I was a kid I had a friend whose grandfather supposedly worked at one of those back in the day and the biggest threat was the possibility of a dust explosion. If I remember the story correctly he worked at the one in Hay Lakes and it exploded. The structure was blown to flinders and smithereens but miraculously nobody was killed.Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.com