This 2,717 feet long cement structure is is listed as the largest grain elevator in the world. In 1998, an explosion at the facility killed seven people, and heavily damaged the structure. The elevator is composed of 246 individual 30 foot by 120 foot tall connected concrete tanks in three parallel rows, all under a single headworks. The strucute had a capacity of over 20 million bushels of wheat, enough to supply all the bread consumed in America in a six week period. The facility is owned by DeBruce Grain, Inc., which was fined $685,000 for the explosion.
Largest grain elevator in the world
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By kjfitz @ 2005-08-14 23:41:15
Anonymous
@ 2007-04-05 16:26:22
The world's largest and longest grain elevator was built in Hutchinson, KS in 1961.
Anonymous
@ 2009-01-03 20:33:21
New info URL is osha.gov /as/opa/foia/hot_6.html
Anonymous
@ 2013-02-15 12:04:44
aj this is amazing
Anonymous
@ 2014-10-15 11:19:44
the one in Hutchinson, KS - are you talking about ADM?
Anonymous
@ 2021-12-06 20:20:10
These elevators are just north of 29th street and east I35 interstate in Wichita Ks. Check goggle earth. Lived Wichita Ks. for 70 yrs.