Newell, IA: Grain Elevator

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Street View, Jul 2025

The yellow fall protector implies that this elevator gets rail service. Since CN still owns this IC route, that means a Class I railroad is servicing an elevator that can't handle unit trains.

Wesley Peters posted five photos with the comment:

Newell, Buena Vista County, IA.

Newell Cooperative Elevator. Headhouse built in 1954, Tillotson Construction Co. 150,000-bushel capacity. West annex built in 1967, Barton Inc. Bushel capacity unknown. South annex built in 1970, Younglove Construction Co. 780,000-bushel capacity.

Photographed on 6/28/2026.

Photos courtesy of Wesley Peters.

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Ronald Ahrens commented on Wesley's comment
Tillotson Construction Co. built the 150,000-bushel main house, identifiable by the signature rounded cupola, in 1954.
Wesley Peters: Yep I just realized I screwed up the order in my post. I thought I was missing something. Thanks for pointing that out. So the west annex was built by Barton Inc. in 1967. That is the one with the builders plaque.

Bob Summers: Wesley Peters Borton Inc. was the successor to Chalmers & Borton after Mr. Chalmers died in 1960.

The concrete silos are in the upper-right corner of this excerpt. I noticed that the town has some additional elevators further west. Cruising around the west side with street view, it appears that the elevators on the west side are feed mills.

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