New Carlisle, OH: Steel Bin Collapse

(3D Satellite, a "before" image is at the bottom)

I normally record bin failures in the Steel Grain Bins: vs. Concrete Silos posting. But since this collapse has a major impact on the community (it cut off the state highway that provides access to town on the west side), it gets a separate posting.

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Collapsed bin in New Carlisle, Ohio spills 10,000 tons of corn onto State Route 571.
Jerry Elder Lol about 375,000 bu [That doesn't strike me as a "laughing out loud."]
Jenny Bunch Just a block from our home! It's created a lot of excitement around here but at least no one got hurt. So sorry for the owners and those involved.
[3D Satellite I don't see any side streets for the OH-571 traffic to take around that pile.]

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Scott Trostel posted nine photos with the comment:

Miami Valley Feed and Grain at New Carlisle, Ohio -- ongoing clean-up 1/24/2018. About 370,000 bu of corn spilled out in a steel tank collapse during the night of 1/21/2018. Two out-buildings were destroyed, a State Highway is still closed.On 1/24/2018 the clean-up crews have finally broken through on SR 571, but considerable work remains to get the grain back away from the edge of the road. The drive-thru has been collapsed and there is considerable grain piled around the elevator.

John Harker how many bushels was the tank, did it split . looks a non corrugated steel tank?

Scott Trostel About 365,000 to 375,000 bu new corn spilled. No official cause known, but two of my photos show bolted tank seams. It was smooth wall steel, about 48 years old.

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Before image:

3D Satellite, looking West