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

(Satellite)

The railroad is now owned by ICE.

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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