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| Steel tank was constructed with WWII surplus quonset huts in the late 1940s. |
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Showing posts with label elevators. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elevators. Show all posts
Sunday, October 2, 2022
Tompkins family grain elevator was built in the 1920s as the first privately-owned concrete elevator in Washington State. It is still in place about 5 miles NE of Clyde on the Lyons Ferry highway, and now owned by the McGregor Company. Photos courtesy of Ronald Tompkins.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Wheat harvest on the Ben Grote place near Clyde about 1930; trucking the grain to his elevator on Eureka Flats. Thanks to Jane Hinton for rescuing and sharing the photo negatives.
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| Grote's elevator as seen in Up-to-the-Times magazine in 1917 |
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| Construction in 1915 (in Up-to-the-Times Magazine) |
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