Grain Elevators and Feed Silos

[ttrigg]

Grain elevators from the late 1800's still can be found in the US Midwest states.  As to their size, that is a completely different situation.  Some are only 20 foot tall, others are over 90 foot tall.  If you are modeling much before the 1870's then all you will need is a simple two story barn.  Grain elevators in the American Midwest followed the same general shape but the actual dimensions changed from town to town.  This is a type of structure that need only be "accurate to scale" with the doors and windows.  About the only thing they had in common (other than general shape and content) was that they were generally 3 to 5 times taller than they were wide.

[Anonymous]

Yeah mate they could well of had, we were a long way behind the times here in Australia particularly in the outback where i was born.

Rgds Ian

[Steam1800's]

Ian,

I know they had wire corn cribs and some other sort of wooden structures.  Maybe they were square, but the turn of the century had some design changes although not all across the country.  The Dakotas had big tall square type buildings for Flour Mills!

Allen

[Anonymous]

Did they have grain silos then?

I thought they were a fairly recent thing; in there present form anyway? ie large concrete (cement) devices.

Rgds

[Steam1800's]

Would someone mind telling me how to construct and scale Grain Elevators and Feed Silos in 1:20.3 scale for farms or farmers coops in the 1800's.  Thanks!

Allen