Running around rural Alberta you sometimes see grain elevators on farms. I believe there used to be over three thousand grain elevators in Alberta. The grain elevators you see on farms were usually moved there from small towns or rail sidings, often not from places close by. This one is north of Andrew, Alberta on December 31, 2017. No idea where it came from. It cannot be easy moving one of these. Grain elevators were very sturdily built. To me it is a neat sight seeing them in places you do not expect to see them.
There was an item on TV just a few days ago about a guy here on the prairies who built his house out of reclaimed grain elevator wood.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea you could move a structure like this... has to be a pretty tricky job... they are cool looking, but I've got no room in my yard either...LOL
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering why someone would need a grain elevator at the farm?
ReplyDeleteMaybe to store the grain until they could get a better price? But then it still has to be transported to market.. Elevators next to the railroad tracks & elevators next to the Columbia river I can understand.
Something more to learn!
Your winter cabin on the prairie! Maybe you can find one with an acre or two. The remodel would be fun.
ReplyDeleteWhoa this is a neat elevator...I wonder where it's from originally!
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