Udall, KS: Grain Elevator and Santa Fe Depot & Caboose

Original Elevator: (Satellite)

Depot: (Satellite, a little north of 2nd St. and between the siding and mainline.)

Caboose: (Satellite, just south of 2nd St. and west of and parallel to the siding.)

Today's Elevator: (Satellite)

John Blankenship posted

Here is a photo of the Udall, Kansas grain elevator, date unknown. The Cowley, Sumner and Ft Smith railroad was completed through Udall from Wichita to Arkansas City Kansas in 1879. Shortly after, the RR became the Santa Fe. The elevator in the photo was destroyed in the May 25, 1955 tornado as was the depot. The flour mill was long gone by that time. A wooden elevator was rebuilt in 1955 at a time when most all elevator construction was slip form concrete. Ernest Enginering of Topeka built the elevator and completer several upgrades before it was demolished in December 2014. Another photo posted in comments.

Note the boxcar beside the elevator with the grain loading spout angles inside.  

Photo courtesy of Udall Historical Society.

John Blankenship commented on his post
Another photo of the Udall elevator with the name of JP Baden, owner on the side. The rail siding is still there yet today as well as the main line BNSF tracks.

 

Dennis DeBruler commented on John's post
It appears the depot was a little north of 2nd Street, and the elevator was just south of 2nd Street. 1955 Udall Quad @ 24,000

Dennis DeBruler posted
A static display in Udall, KS. https://maps.app.goo.gl/SwryUDM1XRTSxHYc8

Street View, Jul 2023

I was wondering if the tank on the right in the view above was propane or fertilizer. The following view implies fertilizer. And notice that the old grain elevator is still standing. This view was a little over two years before John said it was torn down.

Street View, Sep 2012

Dennis DeBruler commented on John's post
A view from Sep 2012 when the old elevator was still standing,
 https://maps.app.goo.gl/wt9aka7ABVVzAM2n8
John Blankenship: Dennis DeBruler I hauled hundreds, maybe thousands of loads across those scales. Dad and my brother helped rebuild the scale house and office after the tornado.

Actually, the old grain elevator is not real old because it was built in 1955.

John Blankenship posted a photo dated Dec 23, 2014
This was taken just before the Udall Co-op clad elevator was laid down. This was probably the last wooden-clad elevator built anywhere in the midwest. It was built in the summer of 1955 after the May 25, 1955 devastating tornado.  Time and financing constraints prevented a concrete elevator from replacing the original structure. The first part of this elevator was built by the Earnest Engineering Company, later bacame the Earnest/Spencer Engineering Company.  There was a metal sign high on the north side attached after the head house was raised 12 feet in the early to mid 1960s. Probably raised to add scales so hopper cars could be loaded. I remember when boxcars were loaded in the 50s and early 60s.
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