Clear Lake, IA: 1968+1975 Big Wood Grain Elevator

(Satellite)

The railroad is now owned by ICE.

If people around Clear Lake wanted to go East or West, they could take the Milwaukee, which ran through town. But if they wanted to go North or South, they would take an interurban shuttle to Mason City to catch a train on a north/south route.

Street View, May 2022

I should have used the label "grainWood" instead of "grainOld" for elevators built with wood because this one is not old! I have been passing up wood grain elevators because there are quite a few of them still left. But when I saw this was built in the second half of the 20th Century, I wanted to note it.

Wesley Peters posted the photos with the comment:

Revisiting Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, IA.

Farmers Cooperative Co.

North Complex- Headhouse built in 1964, T. E. Ibberson Co. 42,000-bushel capacity. Annex built in 1975, Slettebo Construction Co. Notice the new windows that have been installed.

South Complex- Combination headhouse/annex built in 1968, Quad States Construction Co.

Photographed on 4/14/2024.

Photos courtesy of Wesley Peters.

Dennis DeBruler: I did not realize that wood elevators were still being built in the second half of the 20th Century.

Wesley Peters: Dennis DeBruler The last wooden elevators were built in Iowa in 1978, an annex at Stacyville, and a headhouse at Marengo.

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