Reply To: Grain industry questions

[Charles Duckworth]

Pat
Not sure how far Fenton, Louisiana is from your place but they have an 1890’s rice elevator still standing. If you go, just watch the speed traps per my google search.

http://villageoffenton.com/historical-pictures-of-fenton.htm

I have several books on grain elevators and when I was looking up to see what I could find on rice mills or elevators only Fenton was documented.

Ron
If you can get this book through inter-library load its a great resource.

“Grain Elevators of North America: A 5th Edition of Plans of Grain Elevators Illustrating and Describing the Latest and Best in Construction, Arrangement and Equipment of Facilities for the Mechanical Handling, Cleaning and Storing of Grain, Field Seeds and Feeds in Bulk Recommended by the Progressive Designers and Builders of North America During the Quarter Century 1917-1942”

There are five editions first in 1917 and the last in 1942. I first came across the 1917 edition in the St. Louis Public library and was able to buy the 1942 edition 10 years ago. Lots of plans and photos of terminal and country elevators and feed mills. its format is somewhat like the Car Builder’s Cyclopedia.