Hello all,
My question is, what is being stored in the silo(s)?
Grain, seed, flour, liquid or dry chemicals, coal, et al.?
On the Western and South Eastern Plains of Colorado the grain and feed silos are weathered natural corrugated metal in color.
Most of the photos I have seen of grain silos in the mid-West are either natural concrete or painted white.
Coal silos that I've seen are also natural concrete in color.
Chemical storage tanks can be another matter.
Hope this helps.
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Not 1970's but Google "art on silos" for some fantastic images.
https://www.google.com/search?q=art+on+silos&rlz=1C1WZPD_enUS396&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjAj_Sm8KTVAhXCrFQKHf3mDDkQ_AUIBigB&biw=987&bih=612
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kh25 During the 70s would it be protypical for a company to a couple storage silos side by side painted a different color for each stored commodity or would they all be the same color. Thank you
During the 70s would it be protypical for a company to a couple storage silos side by side painted a different color for each stored commodity or would they all be the same color.
Thank you
No..Why do that when a simple placard would do the same job? Consider the unloader is highly trained in unloading tank cars or covered hoppers since there is safety and unloading procedures to follow..
Larry
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On the ships and aircraft I served on, some color coding was used on piping from the beginning. My first ship, built in 1926, used superheated steam driving the turbines. A dry steam leak (at 600PSI) is deadly, as it is invisible, but will cut right through you. Crew members that suspected leaks would use a broom handle in front of them to help detect the leak.
Most recently, at a chemical plant, ALL piping was color coded. The color coding made maintenance a lot easier.
Fred W
The Miller brewery in Irwindale, CA has its silos painted as Miller Lite cans.
I've worked on a few industrial buildings in my "pre-retirement" days, and the silos were all the same color, usually what ever colors the silo manufacturer had to offer.
Along with Ed's post, I agree, the piping maybe color coded.
On the "artsie" side, the G. Heileman brewery in La Cross, WI, painted the grain and distillers grain silos to look like a giant 6 pack of Old Style beer.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/12028
Mike.
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I'm not all that knowledgeable about storage silos; but, for the ones I can recall, each company paints them all the same color. About the only exception that comes to mind would be for artsy-aesthetic reasons (as in, just for fun). I expect the '70's would be not much different than now.
I figure companies expect their employees to know what goes where without having to color code things. Plus, it costs more. A company would have to ask whether painting silos different colors had enough benefit to offset costs.
I HAVE seen piping painted different colors fairly frequently. Here's an example:
I don't know how far back the pipe coding goes.
Ed