Ted Braaksma posted three photos with the comment: "End of an era, my grandpa helped build this elevator in the 40s. Controlled burn today, Allendorf IA."
David Hahn: That's a big controlled burn, they got some good training out of that.
Ted Braaksma: David Hahn yeah there were probably 10 local stations there. Lots of water trucks making trips to a water tower
Dan Mathews: No good wood in there to be reclaimed? [That was my reaction as well.]
Ted Braaksma: Dan Mathews oh I’m sure there was.
Dan Mathews: Ted Braaksma shame..big beams I'm sure.
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| Street View, Aug 2021 |
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| Street View, Aug 2021 |
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| Wesley Peters posted Allendorf, Osceola County, IA. Farmers Co-op Elevator Co. Built in 1960. No contractor mentioned. Destroyed via practice burn on 4/28/2024, officially ending the presence of wooden elevators in the county after the first was built 151 years ago. This was the last surviving wooden elevator in Osceola County. Photographed on 11/20/2022. Photo courtesy of Wesley Peters. |
In the street views I included the storage bins because there are quite a few of them to the north and south of the main elevator.
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The tracks have been torn up except for the road. At least they have marked the crossing as exempt.
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| Street View, Aug 2021 |
The railroad was the Rock Island. In 2005, it was the Iowa Northwestern Railroad.
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